From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#17330: files.el cd-absolute overcome false negative from file-executable-p Date: Sat, 03 May 2014 19:37:18 +0300 Message-ID: <83zjiyzum9.fsf@gnu.org> References: <41559D99-B080-4B34-B491-3A811FA9FEAE@bluewin.ch> <5364B437.2070106@bluewin.ch> <87d2fvjjcq.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <8338gr0z97.fsf@gnu.org> <878uqjj76a.fsf@Rainer.invalid> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1399135113 18466 80.91.229.3 (3 May 2014 16:38:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 3 May 2014 16:38:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 17330@debbugs.gnu.org To: Achim Gratz Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 03 18:38:26 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WgcxE-0001F6-8v for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 03 May 2014 18:38:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49578 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WgcxD-0006sB-Te for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 03 May 2014 12:38:23 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38518) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wgcx4-0006rr-Hy for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 03 May 2014 12:38:20 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wgcwu-00066v-Ig for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 03 May 2014 12:38:14 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:60772) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wgcwu-00066r-En for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 03 May 2014 12:38:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Wgcwt-0006QO-Sx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 03 May 2014 12:38:04 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 03 May 2014 16:38:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 17330 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 17330-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B17330.139913504824644 (code B ref 17330); Sat, 03 May 2014 16:38:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 17330) by debbugs.gnu.org; 3 May 2014 16:37:28 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49890 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WgcwK-0006PP-Cq for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 03 May 2014 12:37:28 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout29.012.net.il ([80.179.55.185]:54265) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WgcwH-0006P4-6P for 17330@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 03 May 2014 12:37:26 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout29.012.net.il by mtaout29.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0N5000100B9PX300@mtaout29.012.net.il> for 17330@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 03 May 2014 19:38:31 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by mtaout29.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0N5000IRMBK76K80@mtaout29.012.net.il>; Sat, 03 May 2014 19:38:31 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <878uqjj76a.fsf@Rainer.invalid> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:88593 Archived-At: > From: Achim Gratz > 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.