MoveFileW succeeding with cygwin 1.7.1 where it failed with cygwin 1.5.25?

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

On 02/08/2010 11:48 PM, David Byron wrote:
> On 8-feb-10 David Byron wrote:
>
>> I've found a difference in behavior between cygwin 1.5.25
>> and cygwin 1.7.1 that I don't understand.  Renaming a file
>> using MoveFileW fails with access denied under cygwin
>> 1.5.25 as expected, but it works under 1.7.
>
> I figured out the difference.  My executable that calls MoveFileW spawned by
> the version of bash I've got in my cygwin 1.7.1 installation has
> SeDebugPrivilege and SeBackupPrivilege enabled.  With the version of bash
> I've got in my cygwin 1.5.25 installation those privileges are disabled.

So your user must be part of the administrators group then.  Adminstrators
have access even when permissions are set to deny them, just like on
Linux.

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