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Re: Question about umask and CYGWIN=ntsec
- From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb at ukf dot net>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>,"Francis Litterio" <franl at world dot std dot com>
- Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 00:10:13 -0000
- Subject: Re: Question about umask and CYGWIN=ntsec
- References: <uwunecrpq.fsf@world.std.com>
Francis Litterio <franl@world.std.com> wrote:
> I'm using Cygwin 1.3.12-4 with CYGWIN=ntsec on an NTFS filesystem,
> and I have my umask set to 177, but when I create a new file with
> "touch foo", the permissions on the file are "rwxr-xr-x".
>
> Is there any way to use "ntsec" and not have all newly created files
> appear with execute permissions?
This suggests that ntsec isn't actually on.
ntsec must be in $CYGWIN *before the cygwin-using process starts*
It is best, therefore, to set it in My Computer > Properties > Advanced >
Environment Variables.
Also, note that ntsec is on by default in current versions of Cygwin.
Max.
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