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Re: Permissions of files on a remote server


"Shields, Daniel [EQTY]" wrote:
> 
> The partition is mounted from another NT box.  What we found is that by
> adding the group 'Everyone' to the read and execute permission on the remote
> server the files now appear r-xr-xr-x.
> 
> eg:
> -r-xr-xr-x   1 ds83392  Domain U        5 Jan 19 10:28 hat3
> 
> Now when I 'touch' a new file it get r-xr-xr-x permission.  However, I can
> neither change the permission or delete it!  I can edit it in vim and use w!
> modify its contents.
> 
> The directory in which I'm creating these files looks like:
> 
> drwxrwxrwt   1 administ Domain U    16384 Jan 19 10:28 .
> 
> so I'm thinking that there is some flaw in the way we've set up the
> groups...?
> 

Does your local workstation contain a local user account of the same
user id as the domain name you log in with?

What is the value of your CYGWIN variable?

Cheers,
Earnie.

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