[1.7] Admins can write to readonly files

[Christian Franke]

Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Aug 28 19:57, Christian Franke wrote:
>   
>> This is not true when 'chmod -w ...' was done before the upgrade to 1.7.
>> Cygwin 1.5 sets R/O attribute, then open for write fails with permission  
>> denied also on 1.7.
>>     
>
> That's why 1.7 tries not to set the R/O DOS attribute anymore.  But yes,
> that's not quite consistent.  open(2) should open these files for writing
> as well.  Unfortunately this requires to remove the R/O attribute before
> trying to open the file for writing.  There's no atomic way to accomplish
> this.
>
>   

Looks like a incomplete implementation of the restore privilege in 
Windows itself: If the restore privilege overrides a missing write 
permission in ACL, it should IMO also override the R/O attribute.

I would suggest to add a warning note to the manual that Cygwin 1.7 has 
root behavior (with backup/restore privileges set) for all users in 
admin group. That differs probably from what a new user would expect. At 
least because bash does not start with a '#' prompt even if root is 
effective:-)

Christian


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