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Subject: Re: 1.7: cygdrive files readonly by default
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On Sep  3 10:38, Vince Indriolo wrote:
> Interesting, the location of the file seems to matter.
> [...]
> For a file on my desktop:
>     $ ls -l foo
>     -rwx------+ 1 vince None 6 Sep  3 10:28 foo
>     $ ls -l .\\foo
>     -rw-r--r-- 1 vince None 6 Sep  3 10:28 .\foo

It's not the location, it's the use of backslashes.  Native Windows
paths are treated differently than POSIX paths:

  Native Windows path ==> Windows default security
  POSIX path          ==> POSIX security

Cygdrive paths are mounted as non-POSIX paths by default.  See
the output of mount:

  $ mount
  [...]
  C: on /cygdrive/c type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto)
  D: on /cygdrive/d type vfat (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto)

If you want to change that, create a cygdrive entry in /etc/fstab
which sets the mount option "posix=1".


Corinna

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