On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 12:59:59PM +0100, Max Bowsher wrote: > Max Polk wrote: > > WARNING: If you omit "administrators" then if you reinstall Windows, > > you can NEVER, NEVER, EVER get to the file again, even as > > administrator! (SOLUTION: use partition magic, convert > > your drive to "FAT32" drops the bad permission, then > > convert your drive back to "NTFS" which sets default > > permissions letting you get to your files again). > > Not true. > Let me introduce you to an easier way... > > As an Administrator, simply "Take ownership" ( Properties > Security > > Advanced > Owner, and set it to yourself or Administrators ). > You can now edit the permissions.
Or even use `chown' in Cygwin as administrator. Btw., you can also use Cygwin's setfacl instead of cacls. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
