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Re: All Windows-created files seem to have mode -rwxrwxrwx


'ntsec' is on by default since since Cygwin package 1.3.13.

Larry


Original Message:
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From: Chris K Ellsworth cke@highlandshighspeed.net
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 09:44:05 -0800
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: All Windows-created files seem to have mode -rwxrwxrwx


you probly need ntsec also

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ivan Dobrianov" <ivan@dobrianov.net>
To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 9:34 AM
Subject: All Windows-created files seem to have mode -rwxrwxrwx


> Sorry is this has been asked 1000 times, but even though there are many 
> references to permissions setting in the FAQ and User guide, nohting 
> explains the following.
> 
> THE FACTS: I have "Windows XP Professional Ver 5.1 Build 2600 Service 
> Pack 1" and Cygwin cygwin_1.3.14-1 gotten and installed yesterday, with 
> settings "CYGWIN = `ntea'" and the disks are NTFS, e.g.:
>     e:  hd  NTFS   70001Mb  13% CP CS UN PA FC     DATA
> 
> THE PROBLEM: All is well except that all Windows-created files seem to 
> have permissions -rwxrwxrwx. Including text files created by say 
> Notepad. All are "executable".
> 
> I have no problem with reading or chaning permissions from inside 
> Cygwin.  Also files created from Cygwin have reasonable permissions: 
> -rw-rw-rw-. It is just file created from Windows applications that are 
> always executable.
> 
> Any clues? Thanks!
> 
> PS: I do not want to bother with 'ntsec' - security is not an issue at 
> the moment.
> PS2: I have used previous versions of cygwin on a number of NTFS-disked 
> machins and never seen this.
> 
> 
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