Permissions on Files Created with Cygwin

[Brian Inglis]

On 2022-02-10 09:48, Rob Stevens wrote:
> Whenever I create files with cygwin (using whatever utilitity or editor)
> I get these permissions as reported by icacls:
>    NULL SID:(DENY)(Rc,S,X,DC)
>    MALIN\rob:(R,W,D,WDAC,WO)
>    NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(DENY)(S,X)
>    BUILTIN\Administrators:(DENY)(S,X)
>    MALIN\None:(R)
>    NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(RX,W)
>    BUILTIN\Administrators:(RX,W)
>    Everyone:(R)
> These permissions are not those inherited from the containing directory.
> Not that only, but the windows utilities complain the the
> permissions are mal-ordered.

That's a long time Explorer bug as it's not its preferred order.

> Is this not a bug?? Do I need a different (null?) umask in the environment?

Try running

	$ setfacl -b file...

as it sometimes reduces those ACLs to a shorter, more readable list.

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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