Re: /usr/local, /var and */tmp in c:\Users\Public

[Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>]

On Nov 13 22:30, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Nov 13 14:09, Warren Young wrote:
> > On Nov 13, 2014, at 2:33 AM, Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Nov 12 17:19, Warren Young wrote:
> > >> 
> > >> Iâm not advocating that step so early, but maybe if this breakup does
> > >> happen, a few years later setup.exe can start applying some strong
> > >> ACLs to files it writes.
> > > 
> > > ??? What "strong" ACLs?
> > 
> > The ones that are not there right now. :)
> > 
> > Just to pick a random example:
> > 
> > $ ls -l /bin/ls.exe
> > -rwxrwxr-x 1 Warren None 116253 Oct 13 10:12 /bin/ls.exe
> > 
> > The same fileâs permissions, from Windowsâ perspective:
> > 
> > http://etr-usa.com/cygwin/ls-perms.png
> 
> icacls output would be more helpful than a picture.
> 
> However, this isn't really a problem.  The group permissions are
> apparently faked by Cygwin, they don't reflect the reality.  I just
> don't remember why this is done, it's probably old.  Have to check...

Btw., I never saw this happen.  Did you install for "just you", or
in a non-elevated Setup?  In my case the permissions make at least
sense, even if my own account still has full access:

  $ ls -l /bin/ls.exe
  -rwxr-xr-x 1 corinna vinschen 116253 Oct 13 18:12 /bin/ls.exe


Corinna

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