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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: jari <jari.aalto@cante.net>
Cc: 10257@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10257: 23.3.1 Cygwin: network drives - file is write protected (false positive)
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:36:13 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83borc8gki.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111213180547.GD22678@picasso.cante.net>

> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:05:47 +0200
> From: jari <jari.aalto@cante.net>
> Cc: kbrown@cornell.edu, 10257@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> User already has a write access to the device.
> 
> Emacs just doesn't know / guesses wrong / environment is complex /

If Cygwin's implementation of the Posix APIs were compliant, it would
know/guess correctly.

> possibly uses wrong methodology (see Ken's notes about using uid, gid
> for write access check).

Let's see where the discussion of Ken's questions leads us.  Only then
we will be able to conclude whether the current methodology is wrong
or not.





  reply	other threads:[~2011-12-13 18:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-12-09 18:23 bug#10257: 23.3.1 Cygwin: network drives - file is write protected (false positive) Jari Aalto
2011-12-09 20:33 ` Ken Brown
2011-12-10  9:58   ` jaalto
2011-12-13 12:18     ` Ken Brown
2011-12-13 14:00       ` jari
2011-12-13 14:43         ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-12-13 15:12           ` Ken Brown
2011-12-13 19:27             ` Stefan Monnier
2011-12-13 20:16               ` Ken Brown
2011-12-14  2:54                 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-12-14  3:27                   ` Ken Brown
2011-12-14  8:01                     ` Jari Aalto
2011-12-14  8:35                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-12-14 12:24                         ` Ken Brown
2011-12-14 12:55                           ` Ken Brown
2011-12-14 13:10                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-12-14 14:19                               ` Ken Brown
2011-12-14 14:47                                 ` jari
2011-12-14 17:30                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-12-14 17:57                                   ` Ken Brown
2011-12-15  2:43                                     ` Ken Brown
2011-12-15  2:53                                       ` Ken Brown
2011-12-15  3:19                                         ` Ken Brown
2011-12-15  4:04                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-12-15 14:42                                         ` Ken Brown
2011-12-16 19:37                                           ` Ken Brown
2011-12-16 19:46                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-12-16 23:15                                             ` Stefan Monnier
2011-12-17 17:08                                               ` Ken Brown
2011-12-14 14:15                             ` jari
2011-12-14 14:29                               ` Ken Brown
2011-12-14 14:43                                 ` jari
2011-12-14 17:21                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-12-14 17:23             ` Richard Stallman
2011-12-13 16:26           ` jari
2011-12-13 16:52             ` Ken Brown
2011-12-13 17:48               ` jari
2011-12-13 17:48             ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-12-13 18:05               ` jari
2011-12-13 18:36                 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2011-12-15 14:44           ` Jason Rumney

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