Re: wget seemingly modifies file access permissions on XP

2016-03-31 Thread Herbert Stocker
Hi mihau, On 30.03.2016 16:39, mihau wrote: > hello, > > (my setup is latest cygwin 32bit on Win XP SP3, logged in as > Administrator) > > I have just updated my cygwin installation after a year or so and > stumbled upon weird behavior with its wget build. it seems to > screw file access permissi

Re: wget seemingly modifies file access permissions on XP

2016-03-31 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Mar 30 19:55, mihau wrote: > >Btw., if you wget a file it's *supposed* to be non-executable. Assuming > >your umask is 0022, the file will be create with 0644 permissions. The > >default ACL created in this case explicitely disables execution for the > >admin user if the admin user is part of

Re: wget seemingly modifies file access permissions on XP

2016-03-30 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, mihau! >> > unfortunately, this did not help, not even after a reboot. >> >> Did not help with what? > sorry if this wasn't specific enough. > "this did not help" meant the behavior described in the original message did > not > change at all; cygwin wget works like before and - in co

Re: wget seemingly modifies file access permissions on XP

2016-03-30 Thread mihau
> unfortunately, this did not help, not even after a reboot. Did not help with what? sorry if this wasn't specific enough. "this did not help" meant the behavior described in the original message did not change at all; cygwin wget works like before and - in comparison to mingw wget - messes u

Re: wget seemingly modifies file access permissions on XP

2016-03-30 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Mar 30 18:28, mihau wrote: > >Remove your /etc/passwd and /etc/group files. Don't regeneate them, > >they are not required anymore (https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html) > >Then try again. > > unfortunately, this did not help, not even after a reboot. Did not help with what? Don't try

Re: wget seemingly modifies file access permissions on XP

2016-03-30 Thread mihau
Remove your /etc/passwd and /etc/group files. Don't regeneate them, they are not required anymore (https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html) Then try again. unfortunately, this did not help, not even after a reboot. Michael -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ:

Re: wget seemingly modifies file access permissions on XP

2016-03-30 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Mar 30 16:39, mihau wrote: > hello, > > (my setup is latest cygwin 32bit on Win XP SP3, logged in as Administrator) > > I have just updated my cygwin installation after a year or so and stumbled > upon > weird behavior with its wget build. it seems to screw file access permissions > on > dow

wget seemingly modifies file access permissions on XP

2016-03-30 Thread mihau
hello, (my setup is latest cygwin 32bit on Win XP SP3, logged in as Administrator) I have just updated my cygwin installation after a year or so and stumbled upon weird behavior with its wget build. it seems to screw file access permissions on downloaded files, rendering e.g. downloaded exe file