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Re: Permission denied on a windows share
On Saturday 13 Jul 02, Jehan writes:
> Randall R Schulz wrote:
> > One thing is certain, Cygwin cannot override Windows permissions. If you
> > can read (or write or remove, etc.) the file from a Cygwin application,
> > you can read (write, remove) it from a Windows native app. I'm not
> > certain the reverse is true, however.
>
> Obviously it isn't since I can modify a file with Notepad but I can't
> modify the same file with Cygwin. The question is why.
I believe that windows will automatically attempt to "authenticate" as
the domain user using your existing username/password. Apparently,
Cygwin doesn't do this.
Regards,
David
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