Greetings, Peter Binney! > Hello Andrey - many thanks for that. I have now removed /etc/passwd > and /etc/group which didn't change anything.
> I read some of your earlier posts on this and had already tried the noacl > route. > Unfortunately it has made no difference. I added a second line to my > fstab so it read: > none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0 Add "noacl" here. > e: /cygdrive/e ntfs noacl,binary,posix=0,user,auto 0 0 Avoid overlapping mount points. The end result could be surprising. > with "mount" showing: > C:/cygwin/bin on /usr/bin type ntfs (binary,auto) > C:/cygwin/lib on /usr/lib type ntfs (binary,auto) > C:/cygwin on / type ntfs (binary,auto) > E: on /cygdrive/e type ntfs (binary,noacl,posix=0,user) > C: on /cygdrive/c type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) > D: on /cygdrive/d type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) > N: on /cygdrive/n type smbfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) > P: on /cygdrive/p type smbfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) > But when creating files on an E: I still get DENY for "NULL SID" and > other accounts. $ cat /etc/fstab && mount # For a description of the file format, see the Users Guide # http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table # This is default anyway: #none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0 none / cygdrive noacl,binary,nouser,posix=0 0 0 W:/ /var/run ntfs acl,binary,nouser,posix=0 0 0 C:/Users /home bind noacl,binary,exec,posix=0 0 0 none /tmp usertemp binary,nouser,posix=1 0 0 C:/Users/ANRDAE~1/AppData/Local/Temp on /tmp type ntfs (binary,usertemp) C:/Programs/Cygwin_64/bin on /usr/bin type ntfs (binary,auto) C:/Programs/Cygwin_64/lib on /usr/lib type ntfs (binary,auto) C:/Programs/Cygwin_64 on / type ntfs (binary,auto) C:/Users on /home type ntfs (binary,exec,noacl,posix=0) W: on /var/run type ntfs (binary,posix=0) C: on /c type ntfs (binary,noacl,posix=0,noumount,auto) M: on /m type vfat (binary,noacl,posix=0,noumount,auto) Y: on /y type smbfs (binary,noacl,posix=0,noumount,auto) Z: on /z type smbfs (binary,noacl,posix=0,noumount,auto) -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Tuesday, December 24, 2019 12:14:33 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