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Re: strange cp behavior with (coreutils 5.2.1)
- From: Larry Hall <lh-no-personal-replies-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: Jane Doe <dont_know_at_all at yahoo dot com>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 22:24:49 -0500
- Subject: Re: strange cp behavior with (coreutils 5.2.1)
- References: <20050209031544.25673.qmail@web30709.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
- Reply-to: Cygwin List <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
At 10:15 PM 2/8/2005, you wrote:
>$ net use \\\\shiva /u:shiva\\administrator
>$ cp //shiva/c\$/cvsmq/eqgame.h .
>cp: cannot open `//shiva/c$/cvsmq/eqgame.h.exe' for
>reading: No such file or directory
>$ net use \\\\shiva /d
>$ net use \\\\shiva /u:develop\\dkaa
>$ cp -v //shiva/c\$/cvsmq/eqgame.h .
>`//shiva/c$/cvsmq/eqgame.h' -> `./eqgame.h'
>
>I think this used to work when cp was part of
>fileutils. The file itself has owner (develop\dkaa)
>read permissions but Everyone has no explicit
>permissions. Giving Everyone read permissions makes
>it work.
That doesn't sound strange to me at all. If you don't have any access
to the file as the user of the share, I wouldn't expect to be able to
access the file.
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