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Re: TEST RELEASE: Cygwin 1.7.35-0.3


> On Feb 24, 2015, at 4:29 PM, Warren Young <wyml@etr-usa.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Feb 23, 2015, at 8:39 PM, Andrey Repin <anrdaemon@yandex.ru> wrote:
>> 
>>> 2. Oh, its primary group is Warren, too, so letâs inherit g+rw, too.
>> 
>> Nop, this is actually an issue of reading ACLs rather than setting them.
>> POSIX access bits do not expect interchangeability of users and groups.
> 
> So is âchgrp Noneâ the correct fix, or is there a better way to do it?  Either way, this FAQ item needs improvement.

Oh, I should point out that various wild swings with the setfacl -b hammer also failed.  I tried that before I resorted to the chgrp hack.

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