Question about umask and CYGWIN=ntsec

[Max Bowsher]

Francis Litterio <franl@world.std.com> wrote:

> I'm using Cygwin 1.3.12-4 with CYGWIN=ntsec on an NTFS filesystem,
> and I have my umask set to 177, but when I create a new file with
> "touch foo", the permissions on the file are "rwxr-xr-x".
>
> Is there any way to use "ntsec" and not have all newly created files
> appear with execute permissions?

This suggests that ntsec isn't actually on.

ntsec must be in $CYGWIN *before the cygwin-using process starts*

It is best, therefore, to set it in My Computer > Properties > Advanced >
Environment Variables.

Also, note that ntsec is on by default in current versions of Cygwin.


Max.


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