Do creating any entries in /etc/passwd or /etc/group or /etc/fstab files can overcome this...
Thanks On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Vasya Pupkin <cyg...@bsrealm.net> wrote: > Cygwin uses NTFS ACLs to imitate POSIX style permissions. It can also > be configured to not touch ACL's at all, but setup program ignores > that and messes up permissions every time something is > installed/updated. > > On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Rolf Campbell > <rcampbell-cyg...@dragonwaveinc.com> wrote: >> On 2010-09-01 04:00, Harie Ram wrote: >>> >>> The issue that I am currently facing is : the modify permissions given >>> to the INSTALLDIR "C:\Cygwin" using the msi lock permission table is >>> being inherited through all the subfolders and files. Any new manually >>> created folders and files anywhere within C:\Cygwin via Windows >>> explorer or via the Cygwin Bash Shell are inheriting permissions. But >>> any new installations done by the user by choosing a package from the >>> Cygwin list are not inheriting the permissions. The installed user who >>> installs the package has full permissions to delete/modify the folder >>> and its contents . But the local admin/administrator/system does not >>> have permissions. It gives an access denied error. These 3 user groups >>> administrators/system/users are not even being listed in the security >>> properties of those installed folders. >> >> AFAIK, Cygwin uses POSIX style file permissions, which do not support any >> type of inherited file permissions. >> >> >> -- >> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html >> FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ >> Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html >> Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple >> >> > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple