I must really be missing something here; I hope someone can give a
brief explanation and (as a bonus) direct me to where I can find out
more.
I've been trying to copy files off a Windows XP shared folder in Windows
explorer, and it keeps telling me that I don't have permission to do
so. When I look at the files permissions with ATTRIB, I see that it
is read-only, and when I look at the file with DIR /Q, I see that its
owner is PENGUIN\dave. That's the username under which I've mounted
the drive.
So then it occurs to me, maybe Cygwin permissions are getting in the
way somehow. I do a chmod -R g+r on the directory and presto, I can
copy files!
What confuses me about this is that:
a. I'm connected as the owner of the file, so why should group
permissions make any difference?
b. Windows XP doesn't seem to have the notion of group permissions.
I can find "Groups" if I dig hard, in Administrative Tools>
Computer Management, but I don't see any indication that I can
set or view group permissions. On the other hand, what are
Groups for if not controlling access?
So, can anyone explain this? Also, is there a comprehensive overview
of the relationship between the Cygwin and Windows filesystems
somewhere?
Thanks very much in advance,
--
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com
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