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23.3.1 Cygwin: network drives - file is write protected (false positive)

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Message #65 received at 10257 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 10257 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Jari Aalto <jari.aalto <at> cante.net>
Subject: Re: bug#10257: 23.3.1 Cygwin: network drives - file is write protected
	(false positive)
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:55:07 -0500

On 12/14/2011 7:24 AM, Ken Brown wrote:
> On 12/14/2011 3:35 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>>> From: Jari Aalto<jari.aalto <at> cante.net>
>>> Cc: Stefan Monnier<monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, Eli
>>> Zaretskii<eliz <at> gnu.org>, 10257 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
>>> jari<jari.aalto <at> cante.net>
>>> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:01:47 +0200
>>>
>>> I'm proposing following,
>>> Jari
>>>
>>> 2011-12-14 Jari Aalto<jari.aalto <at> cante.net>
>>>
>>> * files.el (basic-save-buffer-2): Add
>>> `save-buffer-read-only-confirm-flag' to control asking to a
>>> write-protected file.
>>> (save-buffer-read-only-confirm-flag): New user variable
>>> (bug#10257).
>>
>> Yuck! Are we going to add a knob for every possible misconfiguration
>> of network filesystems and/or for every incompatibility in Posix
>> emulation layers on Windows?
>>
>> Up till now, the way to deal with this was either to change the
>> generic code (where it was deemed to be deficient in the first place),
>> or ask the maintainers of the platform to fix that either in the
>> platform libraries or in platform-specific code in Emacs. I think
>> that is the right way; adding a user option every time is not, IMNSHO.
>>
>> If native Windows and even MS-DOS ports can DTRT with this, then how
>> come Cygwin cannot?
>
> The MS-DOS port uses system-specific code in `check_writable' (see
> fileio.c). I don't know whether the native Windows port DTRT for Jari's
> network filesystem. Jari, can you test this?

Ignore my question.  I don't think it's relevant, nor do I think there's 
any need for Cygwin-specific code in emacs to deal with this.  As I 
understand it, this is a filesystem problem: Samba returns a fake SID to 
Windows, so Cygwin can't determine the correct uid/gid.  Jari, you were 
already told on the Cygwin list how to work around this problem.  Why 
not just do it?

Ken

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