Problems with file permissions during a build

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

On 6/21/2013 9:19 AM, Arjen Markus wrote:
> Hi Corinna,
>
> you seem to have hit the right spot. The parent directories had the
> permission ------
> according to Cygwin, but I could still enter them via cd. Things go
> wrong if under Cygwin
> a file gets _copied_ via cp or something similar that takes the file
> permissions according
> to POSIX from the parent file. Then the copy gets the same unuseable
> permissions,
> but this time for real (that is: Windows agrees that they should not
> be readable!)

Windows allows you to traverse directories you don't have access to by
default.

-- 
Larry

_____________________________________________________________________

A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

--
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple