Accessing Windows files from Cygwin

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

On 7/5/2010 12:18 PM, ppmoore wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I' trying to use a BASH script running on Cygwin to change the name of a
> large number of Windows files. The filenames are in DOS 8.3 format. My
> script reads a translation file that lists each DOS 8.3 filename, and the
> corresponding correct filename.
>
> The problem is that the script cannot change the filenames because it
> doesn't have sufficient priority.
>
> On Cygwin, the files are listed as follows:
>      http://old.nabble.com/file/p29077481/cygwin.png
>
> On Windows, I manually modified the file to have the permissions:
>      Authenticated Users: Full control
>      Users (<machine name>\Users): Full control
>       http://old.nabble.com/file/p29077481/win7.png
>
> I'm running Cygwin from the same Windows accounts I use to access these
> files,
>
> Why, when I manually change the file permissions from Window, are the
> updated permissions not visible from within Cygwin? Why can't I modify the
> permissions from within Cygwin, since it is the same account?
>
> I've rerread the Cygwin documentation (Chapter 2), but I couldn't see
> anything there.
>
> Can anyone help?

You need to decide which set of permissions you want to use, POSIX or
Windows, with Cygwin.  If the former, read

<http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-ids>

and run 'mkpasswd' and 'mkgroup' with the appropriate flags for your
installation to get your user and group in the '/etc/passwd' and '/etc/group'
files.  If you prefer to use Windows permissions only, set the 'noacl' option
for all the mount points for which you want Windows permissions
(http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#mount).

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