[1.7] Admins can write to readonly files

Fri Aug 28 18:59:00 GMT 2009

Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Aug 28 19:57, Christian Franke wrote:
>>> This is not true when 'chmod -w ...' was done before the upgrade to 1.7.
>> Cygwin 1.5 sets R/O attribute, then open for write fails with permission 
>> denied also on 1.7.
>>>> That's why 1.7 tries not to set the R/O DOS attribute anymore. But yes,
> that's not quite consistent. open(2) should open these files for writing
> as well. Unfortunately this requires to remove the R/O attribute before
> trying to open the file for writing. There's no atomic way to accomplish
> this.
>>
Looks like a incomplete implementation of the restore privilege in 
Windows itself: If the restore privilege overrides a missing write 
permission in ACL, it should IMO also override the R/O attribute.
I would suggest to add a warning note to the manual that Cygwin 1.7 has 
root behavior (with backup/restore privileges set) for all users in 
admin group. That differs probably from what a new user would expect. At 
least because bash does not start with a '#' prompt even if root is 
effective:-)
Christian
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