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Diffstat (limited to 'winsup/cygwin/path.cc')
| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/cygwin/path.cc | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc index d3e5bb6db..003c25c0e 100644 --- a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc +++ b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc @@ -1673,11 +1673,15 @@ symlink_worker (const char *oldpath, const char *newpath, bool use_winsym, goto done; } } - else if (!isdevice && win32_newpath.has_acls ()) + else if (!isdevice && win32_newpath.has_acls () && !win32_newpath.isremote ()) /* If the filesystem supports ACLs, we will overwrite the DACL after the call to NtCreateFile. This requires a handle with READ_CONTROL and WRITE_DAC access, otherwise get_file_sd and set_file_sd both have to - open the file again. */ + open the file again. + FIXME: On remote NTFS shares open sometimes fails because even the + creator of the file doesn't have the right to change the DACL. + I don't know what setting that is or howq to recognize such a share, + so for now we don't request WRITE_DAC on remote drives. */ access |= READ_CONTROL | WRITE_DAC; status = NtCreateFile (&fh, access, win32_newpath.get_object_attr (attr, sa), |