IIS on Windows 7 vs. Cygwin file permissions

[Andrey Repin]

Greetings, Henry S. Thompson!

> I've spent the last hour trying to find the answer to this on the
> Web/in the archives, sorry if it's an FAQ:

> What's the least 'open' way possible using chgrp and chmod g+r to
> allow my IIS server to 'see' files on my local disk?  At the moment I
> have found only three ways to let IIS see a file at all:

>  1) chmod o+r;
>  2) Use Windows folder security manipulations to give 'user' IUSR read
>     access.
>  3) chgrp Users ...

> (1) and (3) are pretty 'open', and I'd rather avoid the lengthy
> Windows UI exercise required for (2) if possible. . .

> Any suggestions?

Only one: If you intend to mix Cygwin tools with native Windows environment,
let Windows handle filesystem permissions.
Or you will never stop running into these issues over and over again.


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WBR,
Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@freemail.ru) 03.12.2012, <05:35>

Sorry for my terrible english...


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