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Re: File permissions different inside and outside cygwin root
- From: Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowitz at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2015 02:00:31 -0500
- Subject: Re: File permissions different inside and outside cygwin root
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- References: <E087F37F-5AAF-4526-B6B8-091D8F9FDC20 at duaneellis dot com> <6CF2FC1279D0844C9357664DC5A08BA2109EFF1F at msgb09 dot nih dot gov> <CAAXzdLWk_NV_HB8ctbmaWdr_9z=NwGwu4GLeYox878z4Emwx+A at mail dot gmail dot com>
On Mon, 2015-06-01 at 19:01 -0500, Steven Penny wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 1:38 PM, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote:
> > - Right click and select "Properties".
> > - Go to the "Security" tab.
> > - "Advanced".
>
> For goodness sake, do not do this. Do not break your computer because Cygwin
> sucks at permissions. Just read my post on noacl and live with the compromise
> until they fix it:
>
> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2015-05/msg00297.html
>
> Do NOT listen to Barry, you can break your computer following his advice:
While you are welcome to disagree with someone's opinion, you need to do
so without personal attacks. Please be sure to be more considerate in
your future interactions.
--
Yaakov
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