New installation of Cygwin64: xinit.sh exit code 3

[Brian Inglis]

On 2023-10-23 06:05, Fergus Daly via Cygwin wrote:
> << Detail >>
> 
>>> When I used Explorer to visit C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Cygwin-X I was told:
>>> "You don't currently have permission to access this folder"
>>> and clicking on Continue to get access I was told:
>>> "You have been denied permission to access this folder"
>>> There was then offered an option to edit Permissions which I didn't feel like pursuing.
>>> (I am the Administrator on my own standalone Windows machine. The denial of access to Cygwin-X feels odd.
>>> PS I also have Cygwin32 installed and running. I _am_ permitted access to the equivalent folder Cygwin-X (32-bit).)
> 
>> Please try running the following command/s, under Cygwin 32 and 64, and posting
>> the outputs:
> 
>> $ for p in "`cygpath -A -P -U`"{,/Cygwin-X}; do for c in 'lsattr -d' 'ls -dl'
>> getfacl; do $c "$p"; echo; done; icacls "`cygpath -m "$p"`"; done
> 
> Thank you. (Again.)
> 1. Actually before reading this I had deleted both folders
> (successfully, despite not being permitted entry into one
> of them) and the re-ran the xinit installation with no
> bother at all.
> I'm guessing the Permissions glitch resulted from some local
> recent accidental keypress or sequence.
> 2. icacls? Haven't got this though I have got getfacl; found icacl in
> "Search packages" under libattica-devel and ng-spice-debuginfo?

	$ /proc/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32/icacls /?

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

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