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Old 09-30-2010
Cygwin permission problem
I can't figure out why cygwin won't let me write a file to this directory. Any ideas?

Code:
$ id
uid=1007(jdbaldwin) gid=513(None) groups=513(None),0(root),544(Administrators),545(Users)
$ ls -lad .
drwxrwxrwx+ 1 jdbaldwin None 0 2010-09-29 12:47 .
$ touch x
touch: cannot touch `x': Permission denied
$ getfacl .
# file: .
# owner: jdbaldwin
# group: None
user::rwx
group::rwx
group:SYSTEM:rwx
mask:rwx
other:rwx
default:user::rwx
default:group::r-x
default:group:SYSTEM:rwx
default:mask:rwx
default:other:rwx

???

jd
Last edited by Scott; 09-30-2010 at 04:07 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags
# 2  
Old 09-30-2010
The + signifies an ACL. ACL's control file access, too.

getfacl will show you what is going on.
# 3  
Old 09-30-2010
Also, does the file "x" already exist? If so, what are its permissions, including ACLs?

It could also be a read-only file system. I'd think the error would be EROFS in that case, but since the OS isn't specified, maybe not.
# 4  
Old 10-04-2010
I know about ACLs ... that's why I included the output of getfacl in the original query. There should be no problems with the permissions based on ACL. File x did not exist when I attempted the touch. Other directories and files in the same file system are writable. I think this is simply a Cygwin bug.
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