Random Permissions Changes
Larry Hall (Cygwin)
reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com
Thu Jun 29 18:15:00 GMT 2006
David Greene wrote:
> When I started using Cygwin to access files on a Samba-mounted
> drive, I suddenly started seeing the UNIX permissions change
> randomly. At one point, every file I owned on the network was
> set to mode 700, regardless of whether I accessed the file or
> the directory that contained it under Cygwin.
>
> The other day some other files randomly had their execute bit set.
>
> Has anyone seen anything like this before?
>
Windows apps like to set the execute bit on files. Have any of the
files you see this issue with been manipulated by Windows apps?
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