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Re: chmod problem


On Apr  5 14:25, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Apr  5 05:19, Karl M wrote:
> > > > + ls -al /etc/ssh_host_rsa_key
> > > > -rw-rw---- 1 Administrators root 1675 Apr 4 11:30 /etc/ssh_host_rsa_key
> > > > 
> > > > This test was on a fresh (1.7.12) from this morning.
> > > 
> > > There's your problem: The Administrators group and the root group
> > > are just two different Cygwin group names for the same Windows group
> > > with SID S-1-5-32-544. So, the above POSIX permissions are a result
> > > of the SID S-1.5.32.544 having rw- permissions.
> > > 
> > > Apart from that, the owner of the /etc/ssh* files should be cyg_server,
> > > not the admins group.
> > > 
> > I name my cyg_server user root.
> 
> But your root group is the same as the Administrators group.  Look into
> the file's ACL.
> 
> > But my testcase was demonstrating that chmod thought it changed the
> > file permissions but had no effect when performed in a script. While
> > when performed interactively at the bash command prompt, chmod worked
> > fine.
> 
> It works still fine for me if I don't use the same Windows group as
> owner and as group of the file.

Btw., there were no changes at all between 1.7.10 and 1.7.12 which
would even remotely touch chmod or chown behaviour on files.


Corinna

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