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Re: umask not working?


Greetings, David Allsopp!

> Is this expected behaviour:

> OPAM+DRA@OPAM ~
> $ uname -a ; umask ; touch /tmp/foo ; ls -l /tmp/foo ; mkdir /tmp/bar ;
> touch /tmp/bar/foo ; ls -l /tmp/bar/foo
> CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW OPAM 2.10.0(0.325/5/3) 2018-02-02 15:21 i686 Cygwin
> 0022
> -rw-r--r-- 1 OPAM+DRA OPAM+None 0 Mar 19 13:44 /tmp/foo
> -rw-rw-r--+ 1 OPAM+DRA OPAM+None 0 Mar 19 13:44 /tmp/bar/foo

> Why does the file /tmp/bar/foo get g+w when /tmp/foo doesn't - I'm not sure
> what to look at on my system to diagnose what I may have inadvertently
> tweaked. The directory itself is:

> drwxr-xr-x+ 1 OPAM+DRA OPAM+None 0 Mar 19 13:44 /tmp/bar

Let me guess, /tmp usertemp ?

You have extended ACL on the object. And overall, umask is not a good idea in
Windows.


-- 
With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Monday, March 19, 2018 20:06:19

Sorry for my terrible english...


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