Cygwin's ACL handling is NOT interoperable with Windows

Andrey Repin anrdaemon@yandex.ru
Mon Aug 6 21:20:00 GMT 2018


Greetings, R0b0t1!

>> Please feel free to provide, using your superior understanding, a detailed spec
>> for how POSIX ACLs and permissions should be implemented using Windows ACLs
>> while maintaining "canonical" ACL order.

> Or at the very least can another explanation of what is wrong be
> offered? I still don't get it.

As has been said, certain POSIX-specific behavior can't be translated to
canonical ACE order.
Though I'm using noacl mounts, so I yet to face such issue myself.

P.S.
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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Tuesday, August 7, 2018 0:08:01

Sorry for my terrible english...


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