Arnaud Legout wrote: > Hello Brian, > > Brian Dessent wrote: >> I can't reproduce this. I right click and create a new Notepad file >> foo.txt, it has the permissions: >> > > may be you have deactivated the UAC as morgan suggested? >> The permissions on a file created with native Windows methods should >> inherit from the parent folder, following standard NTFS rules, so maybe >> you need to look at what the containing folder's permissions are set to. >> > > I see. Indeed, the access right on the \cygwin\c was 000, then I did a > chmod u+rwx on this folder, > but of course, vista is not aware of that and I suppose that NTFS still > consider that c has no right, > thus any folder and file created in c:. > However, I have no idea how to manage those rights on vista. > Do you know any reasonable documentation on those access rights on vista. > Also, how are mapped the vista rights to the cygwin rights?
<http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html> 'chmod' manipulates the Windows security mechanism. The "typical" way of manipulating permissions from Windows is to use the "Security" tab in the properties dialog that you can get on any file/folder in the Explorer by doing a RMB and selecting "Properties". -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/
