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

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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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From: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 10257 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jari.aalto <at> cante.net
Subject: bug#10257: 23.3.1 Cygwin: network drives - file is write protected (false positive)
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:57:10 -0500

On 12/14/2011 12:30 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> "Such cases" are those where UID and GID are returned as -1 (I think),
> see the original report where Jari shows the result of
> file-attributes.

OK, I could certainly change check_writable to return success if 
euidaccess returns failure and UID and GID are both -1.  I'll make a 
patch when I get a chance and let Jari test it.

Ken
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