From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Achim Gratz <Stromeko@nexgo.de>
Cc: 17330@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17330: files.el cd-absolute overcome false negative from file-executable-p
Date: Sat, 03 May 2014 19:37:18 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83zjiyzum9.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878uqjj76a.fsf@Rainer.invalid>
> From: Achim Gratz <Stromeko@nexgo.de>
> Date: Sat, 03 May 2014 15:58:05 +0200
>
> Eli Zaretskii writes:
> > If the Cygwin maintainers will decide that this specific situation
> > (whose particulars as far as Windows ACL data of the directory in
> > question was never shown by the OP, by the way), then this would mean
> > it's either a cockpit error (i.e. the user shoot himself in the foot
> > by creating a security descriptor he shouldn't have), or that Cygwin
> > does not intend to support such situations in the first place.
>
> Cygwin already has the "noacl" mount option which fakes the uid/gid and
> permissions for that file system so that they always look sane from the
> POSIX perspective and then you'll find out when you access the file
> whether you have access.
Yes, I know. But it's not clear to me at this point that the only
reasonable way out of this is by using "noacl".
> While it's generally a sign of some problematic configuration
> someplace else and introducing some other problems when you have to
> use it, the OP could maybe tell us if that makes a difference to the
> reported problem.
Indeed, having more details about the ACLs of the offending
directories would be good.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-05-03 16:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-04-23 20:54 bug#17330: files.el cd-absolute overcome false negative from file-executable-p Philip Hodges
2014-05-03 0:24 ` Glenn Morris
2014-05-03 9:17 ` Philip Hodges
2014-05-03 9:35 ` Achim Gratz
2014-05-03 13:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-05-03 13:58 ` Achim Gratz
2014-05-03 16:37 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2014-05-03 13:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-05-04 4:16 ` Glenn Morris
2014-05-04 13:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-05-04 16:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-05-04 18:07 ` Glenn Morris
2014-05-04 22:44 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-05-09 6:54 ` Glenn Morris
2014-05-03 22:43 ` bug#17330: thanks for the comments Philip Hodges
2014-05-04 13:24 ` bug#17330: files.el cd-absolute overcome false negative from file-executable-p Philip Hodges
2014-05-04 16:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-05-05 22:43 ` Philip Hodges
2014-05-06 7:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-05-06 12:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-05-06 16:56 ` Glenn Morris
2014-05-11 13:55 ` Philip Hodges
2014-05-06 4:15 ` Glenn Morris
[not found] <E6923B15-B9A8-4B3C-ADDF-713810613ADD@bluewin.ch>
2014-05-07 18:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-05-08 5:55 ` Philip Hodges
2014-05-08 7:09 ` Glenn Morris
2014-05-08 16:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-05-11 10:46 ` Philip Hodges
2014-05-11 17:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-05-11 18:26 ` Philip Hodges
2014-05-11 18:38 ` Glenn Morris
2014-05-11 21:59 ` Philip Hodges
2014-05-12 7:10 ` Glenn Morris
2014-05-12 7:26 ` Philip Hodges
2021-10-23 5:09 ` Stefan Kangas
2014-05-11 18:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
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