Greetings, Peter Binney! > Creating a file using "> newfile", "icacls newfile" shows various DENY > settings:
> newfile NULL SID:(DENY)(Rc,S,WEA,X,DC) > JCPR-DELL-3\peter:(R,W,D,WDAC,WO) > NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(DENY)(S,X) > BUILTIN\Administrators:(DENY)(S,X) > BUILTIN\Users:(DENY)(S,X) > JCPR-DELL-3\None:(R) > NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(RX,W) > BUILTIN\Administrators:(RX,W) > BUILTIN\Users:(RX,W) > Everyone:(R) > Whereas on a file created from Windows Explorer I see: > New Text Document.txt BUILTIN\Users:(I)(M) > Everyone:(I)(RX) > JCPR-DELL-3\peter:(I)(F) > BUILTIN\Administrators:(I)(F) > NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(I)(F) > "mkpasswd" and "mkgroup" Please use getent > both show I (user "peter") have expected > entries in /etc/passwd and /etc/group (I attach both) Delete both from your system, they are not needed, except for extremely rare cases. > Running "whoami" commands from powershell shows: > PS E:\temp> whoami /groups > GROUP INFORMATION > ----------------- > Group Name Type > SID Attributes > ============================================================= > ================ ============ > ================================================== > Everyone > Well-known group S-1-1-0 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, > Enabled group > NT AUTHORITY\Local account and member of Administrators group > Well-known group S-1-5-114 Group used for deny only > BUILTIN\Administrators Alias > S-1-5-32-544 Group used for deny only > BUILTIN\Performance Log Users Alias > S-1-5-32-559 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled > group > BUILTIN\Users Alias > S-1-5-32-545 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled > group > NT AUTHORITY\INTERACTIVE > Well-known group S-1-5-4 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, > Enabled group > CONSOLE LOGON > Well-known group S-1-2-1 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, > Enabled group > NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users > Well-known group S-1-5-11 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, > Enabled group > NT AUTHORITY\This Organization > Well-known group S-1-5-15 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, > Enabled group > NT AUTHORITY\Local account > Well-known group S-1-5-113 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, > Enabled group > LOCAL > Well-known group S-1-2-0 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, > Enabled group > NT AUTHORITY\NTLM Authentication > Well-known group S-1-5-64-10 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, > Enabled group > Mandatory Label\Medium Mandatory Level Label > S-1-16-8192 > PS E:\temp> whoami > jcpr-dell-3\peter > PS E:\temp> whoami /user > USER INFORMATION > ---------------- > User Name SID > ================= ============================================= > jcpr-dell-3\peter S-1-5-21-1468824806-2062748802-729869357-100 > I also attach cygcheck.out See my earlier message, I strongly suggest "noacl" mount option for directories outside Cygwin root. No windows program expects stupid access restrictions produces by basic POSIX permissions. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Sunday, December 22, 2019 15:35:08 Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
