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Re: File permissions different inside and outside cygwin root
- From: Steven Penny <svnpenn at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2015 19:01:52 -0500
- Subject: Re: File permissions different inside and outside cygwin root
- Authentication-results: sourceware.org; auth=none
- References: <E087F37F-5AAF-4526-B6B8-091D8F9FDC20 at duaneellis dot com> <6CF2FC1279D0844C9357664DC5A08BA2109EFF1F at msgb09 dot nih dot gov>
On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 1:38 PM, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote:
> - Right click and select "Properties".
> - Go to the "Security" tab.
> - "Advanced".
For goodness sake, do not do this. Do not break your computer because Cygwin
sucks at permissions. Just read my post on noacl and live with the compromise
until they fix it:
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2015-05/msg00297.html
Do NOT listen to Barry, you can break your computer following his advice:
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2015-04/msg00103.html
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