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Subject: RE: [ot] Permissions issue
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:52:50 -0400
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Korn
> Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 8:26
> 
> Jason Pyeron wrote:
> 
> >> Jason Pyeron wrote:
> >>> On the local disk, C:\Documents and Settings\All 
> >>> Users\workspace\nitams\x.txt
> >>>
> >>> In wordpad I choose save and I get access denied.
> >>   Please report bugs in wordpad to Microsoft, not us.  
> (Well, I guess 
> >> you did tag it OT!)
> > 
> > It is many applications, including Sun's java, wordpad, 
> etc... Pretty 
> > much everything I have tried except Cygwin apps fail. Since only 
> > Cygwin apps work I am asking here.
> 
>   Bear in mind that files created by Cygwin apps use POSIX 
> permission schemes:
> rwx/ugo.  This is handled by setting windows access 
> permissions on the files.
>  If you chmod a file to remove 'w' perms in cygwin, you won't 
> be able to overwrite it in windows apps either.
> 
> >>> 22:29:45	wordpad.exe:2664	QUERY INFORMATION	
> >> C:\Documents and
> >>> Settings\All Users\workspace\nitams\x.txt	SUCCESS	Attributes: HA	
> 
> >>> Any ideas where to start on this?
> >>   Clear the "hidden" attribute from x.txt?
> > 
> > Yes, that and the readonly attribute are clear.
> 
>   According to your log file above, it has the hidden and 
> archive attributes set.  I ran a quick test using wordpad to 
> edit C:\autoexec.bat, which comes with the hidden attribute 
> on by default; wordpad reports permission denied if you try 
> and save the file.  If you clear the attribute, wordpad saves it ok.
> Cygwin apps don't care about the DOS attributes, only the 
> ACLs.  So I think you need to double-check.
> 

Upon double checking, (I needed to fix the issue and I did not preserve tings so
well in the panic) there are no current hidden attributes set, but windows apps
now can save to the file.


Good to know.



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