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Re: "noacl" default for cygdrives?
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-developers at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:18:27 -0400
- Subject: Re: "noacl" default for cygdrives?
- References: <20100319114201.GM6505@calimero.vinschen.de>
- Reply-to: cygwin-developers at cygwin dot com
On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 12:42:01PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>Here's a question.
>
>Should we make "noacl" the default for the /cygdrive prefix?
>There are apparently quite a few people who have permission
>problems with remote drives due to nonsense sharing settings
>like "Change" instead of "Full Control" or some other reason.
>
>If cygdrive paths are handled with default Win32 permissions,
>we would have POSIX permissions only for explicit mount points
>by default. I'm wondering if that's not less trouble in the
>long run. Those who want POSIX perms usually also know what
>to do to set up a mount point.
>
>However, I don't want to do such a change without feedback, so
>please tell me what you prefer and why. Always keep in mind
>that you're one of them who "knows".
Since it's settable in /etc/fstab, I think it's worth a try.
cgf