GNU bug report logs - #10257
23.3.1 Cygwin: network drives - file is write protected (false positive)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto <at> cante.net>

Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 18:25:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 23.3+1-4

Fixed in version 24.0.93

Done: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #113 received at 10257 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 10257 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jari <jari.aalto <at> cante.net>
Subject: Re: bug#10257: 23.3.1 Cygwin: network drives - file is write
	protected (false positive)
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:44:24 +0800

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> Sure, but because The network drive is not part of Windows Domain, I'm
>> afraid Cygwin has any means to determine what the correct UID or GID
>> would be are as they have no correspondence on the Windows side.
>
> ??? As long as the network drive is mounted using Windows APIs (which
> must be the case), the NT security features should be fully supported
> for it.

If the two computers are not members of the same domain, they know
nothing about each others users and groups.
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