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Re: Cygwin "cp" changes ACLs on files accessed via CIFS


----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrey Repin" <anrdaemon@yandex.ru>
> To: "Andrew Martin" <amartin@xes-inc.com>, cygwin@cygwin.com
> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 8:52:55 PM
> Subject: Re: Cygwin "cp" changes ACLs on files accessed via CIFS
> 
> Greetings, Andrew Martin!
> 
> > Performing the same operation from Windows Explorer or using the GnuWin32
> > version of cp preserves the correct permissions. Has anyone observed this
> > incorrect behavior when using cygwin cp, or do you have any ideas on how to
> > fix
> > this problem? I have also tried "cp -p" as well as "cp --no-preserve=all"
> > but
> > the problem still exists.
> 
> If you're not using Cygwin's 'noacl' mount flag for your NFS's, this is to be
> expected.
> You can force that flag for all directories outside Cygwin root by
> /etc/fstab:
> 
> none /cygdrive cygdrive noacl,binary,posix=0 0 0
> 
> 

Hi Andrey,

Thanks for this helpful response - I added noacl to /etc/fstab and now cygwin's
"cp" is working as expected on the share!

Thanks again,

Andrew

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