> Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 11:17:41 -0400 > From: lh > Subject: Re: file execute access with noacl mount with Cygwin-1.7.0 20090518 > snapshot > > Karl M wrote: >> Attatched is a cygcheck and my fstab. >> >> I prefer using windows permissions on my windows (outside of Cygwin) files. I >> only have this set on my cygdrive mount. >> >> Yes, if I do ls -al of the file.exe in /home/me after I copied it there, I >> have >> permissions of rwx------ as expected. If I copy the file to >> /c/Users/me/Desktop, >> I don't have execute permission without adding exec to my cygdrive mount in >> fstab, >> as I have in my current fstab. > > So it sounds like some of the games that MS is playing with the Windows > home directory also affects permission settings when the POSIX permissions > are off (or maybe it affects it either way). I recall Corinna mentioning > some time ago that the automatic "sharing" of files that's turned on in > the user's home directory can really slow things down. She may have > mentioned other side-effects I don't recall. The fact that things look > different outside of '/c/Users/me' than inside makes me suspect other > "funny business". Currently, the recommendation is to _not_ use the > Windows home directory as the Cygwin home to avoid these issues. It > seems you are already doing this but obviously things in the Windows > home directory will still suffer from some troubles here. > It is not unique to /c/Users/me without exec in my fstab entry, if I type ls -al /c/Cygwin/bin the exe files are all listed with rw------- instead of rwx------ as I would expect from the documentation. Thanks, ...Karl _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_BR_life_in_synch_052009
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