Re: Permissions change concern

2016-04-19 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Apr 18 16:33, Eliot Moss wrote: > On 4/18/2016 2:55 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >On Apr 18 09:14, Eliot Moss wrote: > >>On 4/18/2016 6:18 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >>>On Apr 16 22:17, Eliot Moss wrote: > > >Your example looks like 775. But even then, the actual permissions > >depend on

Re: Permissions change concern

2016-04-18 Thread Eliot Moss
On 4/18/2016 2:55 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Apr 18 09:14, Eliot Moss wrote: On 4/18/2016 6:18 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Apr 16 22:17, Eliot Moss wrote: Your example looks like 775. But even then, the actual permissions depend on the mode bits given to the open(2) call, which are

Re: Permissions change concern

2016-04-18 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Apr 18 09:14, Eliot Moss wrote: > On 4/18/2016 6:18 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >On Apr 16 22:17, Eliot Moss wrote: > >>The specific behavior I get is that chmod 644 on the file has no > >>effect on the file's permissions - they stay at 774. > >> > >>So, has something in cygwin "broken", or

Re: Permissions change concern

2016-04-18 Thread Eliot Moss
On 4/18/2016 9:53 AM, Andrey Repin wrote: Greetings, Eliot Moss! 1) If a directory says: default:users::rwx default:group::rwx default:other:r-x and my umask is 022 when I create a new file by "echo test > foo.bar", foo.bar's perms are 644, not the 755 I would

Re: Permissions change concern

2016-04-18 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Eliot Moss! > 1) If a directory says: >default:users::rwx >default:group::rwx >default:other:r-x >and my umask is 022 >when I create a new file by "echo test > foo.bar", foo.bar's >perms are 644, not the 755 I would expect. Why? I'm totally expecting 644 on

Re: Permissions change concern

2016-04-18 Thread Eliot Moss
On 4/18/2016 6:18 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Apr 16 22:17, Eliot Moss wrote: Dear Corinna (et al.): I have set up to use a separate group that I call Cygwin for files in my cygwin tree, and in the recent past have been able to apply chown, chgrp, and chmod effectively. With the latest

Re: Permissions change concern

2016-04-18 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Apr 16 22:17, Eliot Moss wrote: > Dear Corinna (et al.): I have set up to use a separate group that I call > Cygwin for files in my cygwin tree, and in the recent past have been able to > apply chown, chgrp, and chmod effectively. With the latest version, chmod > fails to change permissions,

Re: Permissions change concern

2016-04-17 Thread Eliot Moss
On 4/17/2016 5:38 PM, Andrey Repin wrote: Greetings, Eliot Moss! Dear Corinna (et al.): I have set up to use a separate group that I call Cygwin for files in my cygwin tree, and in the recent past have been able to apply chown, chgrp, and chmod effectively. With the latest version, chmod

Re: Permissions change concern

2016-04-17 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Eliot Moss! > Dear Corinna (et al.): I have set up to use a separate group that I call > Cygwin for files in my cygwin tree, and in the recent past have been able to > apply chown, chgrp, and chmod effectively. With the latest version, chmod > fails to change permissions, though I

Permissions change concern

2016-04-16 Thread Eliot Moss
Dear Corinna (et al.): I have set up to use a separate group that I call Cygwin for files in my cygwin tree, and in the recent past have been able to apply chown, chgrp, and chmod effectively. With the latest version, chmod fails to change permissions, though I can change them with setfacl (a