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Subject: Re: IIS on Windows 7 vs. Cygwin file permissions
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From: ht AT inf DOT ed DOT ac DOT uk (Henry S. Thompson)
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2012 08:52:50 +0000
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Andrey Repin writes:

> HST wrote:
>>  . . . [IIS and file access]
 >> Any suggestions?
>
> Only one: If you intend to mix Cygwin tools with native Windows environment,
> let Windows handle filesystem permissions.
> Or you will never stop running into these issues over and over again.

Fair point.  There was a time when Apache didn't run well under
Cygwin, and I got used to using IIS, but maybe it's time to
change. . .

ht
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