Fwd: Windows File permissions are not being inherited - Cygwin 1.7 - Windows 7

[Harie Ram]

Do creating any entries in /etc/passwd  or /etc/group or /etc/fstab
files can overcome this...

Thanks

On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Vasya Pupkin <cygwin@bsrealm.net> wrote:
> Cygwin uses NTFS ACLs to imitate POSIX style permissions. It can also
> be configured to not touch ACL's at all, but setup program ignores
> that and messes up permissions every time something is
> installed/updated.
>
> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Rolf Campbell
> <rcampbell-cygwin@dragonwaveinc.com> wrote:
>> On 2010-09-01 04:00, Harie Ram wrote:
>>>
>>> The issue that I am currently facing is : the modify permissions given
>>> to the INSTALLDIR "C:\Cygwin" using the msi lock permission table is
>>> being inherited through all the subfolders and files. Any new manually
>>> created folders and files anywhere within C:\Cygwin via Windows
>>> explorer or via the Cygwin Bash Shell are inheriting permissions. But
>>> any new installations done by the user by choosing a package from the
>>> Cygwin list are not inheriting the permissions. The installed user who
>>> installs the package has full permissions to delete/modify the folder
>>> and its contents . But the local admin/administrator/system does not
>>> have permissions. It gives an access denied error. These 3 user groups
>>> administrators/system/users are not even being listed in the security
>>> properties of those installed folders.
>>
>> AFAIK, Cygwin uses POSIX style file permissions, which do not support any
>> type of inherited file permissions.
>>
>>
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