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Re: 1.7.1-1 noacl on samba share has incorrect directory write bit


On Jan  7 15:00, Raman Gupta wrote:
> On 01/07/2010 02:50 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >On Jan  7 13:42, Raman Gupta wrote:
> >>In any case, note that the KB article says that attrib *can* be used
> >>to see and modify the value -- as I demonstrated in my previous
> >>email.
> >
> >Sure.  That has nothing to do with what I'm talking about.  While you
> >can set and reset the R/O bit on a dir, it doesn't have the *meaning* of
> >the directory being R/O.  If Cygwin reports such a directory as being
> >read-only from the POSIX perspective, certain functions would have
> >strange ideas and return EACCES, for instance.
> 
> In the case I am speaking of (a Samba share using the default
> settings), the functions *should* return EACCES, since on the
> server-side the directory is indeed non-writable.

I'm talking about the other case.  The DOS R/O flag has nothing to do
with writability of a directory in the first place.  If we treat a
directory as non-writable just because the DOS R/O flag is set, we're
making a mistake with consequences.  The consequences in the opposite
case are much less problematic.


Corinna

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