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Adam Schlegel wrote: > The output of these commands differ with differing dlls: > With cygwin1.dll version 1.1.1, I get: > $ mkdir a > $ chmod a-w a > $ touch a/b > $ echo Hi >a/c > $ rm a/b > rm: a/b: Permission denied > $ rm a/c > rm: a/c: Permission denied > $ rm -rf a > rm: a/b: Permission denied > rm: a/c: Permission denied > rm: a: Permission denied > $ chmod a+w a > $ rm -rf a > > However, with the new snapshot I get: > $ mkdir a > $ chmod a-w a > $ touch a/b > $ echo Hi >a/c > $ rm a/b > $ rm a/c > $ rm -rf a > rm: a: Permission denied > $ chmod a+w a > $ rm -rf a > > I can delete files from a without having write permission to a when using > the new dll. This is not the behaviour that I would expect. The new behaviour is (now) expected because we made a small design decision, not to disallow what is normally allowed in Windows. In fact you may delete the files from Explorer without problems. Moreover, the previous design results in a wierd problem with samba shares. Thank you for your feedback, Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Cygwin Developer Cygnus Solutions, a Red Hat company -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
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