On 2017-07-22 10:16, Ken Brown wrote: > On 7/21/2017 4:59 PM, Timothy Beryl Grahek wrote: >> Whenever I have ACL enabled in /etc/fstab, I run into file access >> problems with GNU Tar. To be clear, a simple scenario is to tar a few >> folders, then extract them. In numerous cases, I am unable to enter >> the folders I have extracted without entering a "chmod 744" as an >> administrator. >> I have consequently disabled ACL in /etc/fstab, which has fixed this problem. >> Anybody have any ideas as to why this happens and how to avoid it >> without disabling ACL? > > Could the problem be caused by the default ACL on the directory you're > extracting into? If so, the -b or -k option to 'setfacl' might help. See > > https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setfacl.html
Could be lack of any DACL? Don't ever use setfacl -k to remove DACLs from any directory where you may ever use Windows programs to create, move, or drop a file, as it may end up with deny all permissions, and you have to go elevated/admin to restore access. BTDT ;^> I use native Windows, not X, programs when I want to use GUIs, and that occasionally causes problems like this. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada -- 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