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RE: Cygwin permissions problem


 
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Pierre A. Humblet wrote:

> setup is a Windows program. The files it creates have
> the inheritable permissions of the parent directory.

Well then it must not be setup that's doing it then. <shrug>

But I think it's obvious that *some* program *somewhere* isn't coded
right.

> For new installations, all permissions are inherited
> from the top install folder (typically c:\).

Well, that may be what's *supposed* to happen...  >;-)

> In your case, it looks like some directories (like /bin)
> have OK inheritable permissions, while others (like /etc)
> don't.

Yep. :(

> In addition to the properties menu, you can quickly
> visualize permissions with the Windows "cacls" program.

Output attached.

Any help/insight you or anyone else can provide would be much
appreciated.

Thanks.

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