Hi, first my config: MS Windows XP SP1, cygwin 1.5.5 (actual version - 2 days old)
Problem: nearly each tool that the create or modify a file/directory (e.g. cp, touch, setfacl) ignore the ALCs of the current directory or add further users/groups to it. Example /home/dierk has the following ACLs (listed with xcalcs.exe from the MS resource kit; same with Explorer) xcalcs F:/cygwin/home/dierk f:\cygwin\home\dierk <domainname>\dierk:F NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(OI)(CI)(IO)R Now I create a new file (e.g. touch /home/dierk/newfile). Everyone expect that the file has the same rights as my home folder /home/dierk, BUT that isn't - see below: xcacls F:/cygwin/home/dierk/newfile f:\cygwin\home\dierk\newfile <domainname>\dierk:(special access:) STANDARD_RIGHTS_ALL DELETE READ_CONTROL WRITE_DAC WRITE_OWNER SYNCHRONIZE STANDARD_RIGHTS_REQUIRED FILE_GENERIC_READ FILE_GENERIC_WRITE FILE_READ_DATA FILE_WRITE_DATA FILE_APPEND_DATA FILE_READ_EA FILE_WRITE_EA FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES FILE_WRITE_ATTRIBUTES <domainname>\Domain Users:(special access:) READ_CONTROL FILE_READ_EA FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES Everyone:(special access:) READ_CONTROL FILE_READ_EA FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES As you can see the ACLs are completly different to the one of my home folder. Similar behaviour when I use setfacl, it adds automatically the last two ( <domainname>\Domain Users and Everyone) to the ACL even I don't want it. This has strange impacts if "ntsec" is set for CYGWIN because you may have than no access to your own files. Dierk -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/