Re: file permission problem

[Marco Atzeri <marco dot atzeri at gmail dot com>]

On 16/04/2016 03:16, Barry Gold wrote:
> I updated my cygwin to the latest 32-bit version (I hope), and I'm
> having a problem with file permissions. Newly created files and
> directories lack write permission even for the owner.
>
> Here's some relevant stuff from my Cygwin shell window:
>
> -----------------
> ~ % umask
> 0022
> ~ % touch x
> ~ % ll x
> -rw-rw-r--+ 1 barry None 0 Apr 15 18:13 x
> ~ % ll .
> drwxrwx---+ 1 barry None 0 Apr 15 18:13 ./
> ~ % cd bin
> ~/bin % ll .
> drwxr-xr-x+ 1 barry None 0 Apr 15 18:12 ./
> ~/bin % touch x
> ~/bin % ll x
> -r--r--r--+ 1 barry None 0 Apr 15 18:13 x
> ~/bin %
> -----------------
>
> If I create a file in my home directory, the file permissions come out
> correct. But if I create a file in my bin directory, the file
> permissions are wrong -- write permission is missing, even for the owner
> (me).
>
> This is x86 cygwin on Windows 7 Home Premium Service Pack 1

check ACL permissions of the directory

 icacls bin

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