------- Comment #3 from billingd at gcc dot gnu dot org 2009-01-29 22:09 ------- I asked about this on the cygwin list.
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-01/msg00718.html On Jan 24 18:40, David Billinghurst wrote: > I am having a problem with the access() function in cygwin-1.7. > > Under cygwin-1.5 > $ ./test_access > access = -1 > > Under cygwin-1.7 > $ ./test_access.exe > access = -1 The reply was: I assume you mean "access = 0" under 1.7. If that's what you see, the test probably works as designed. You're running the test under an administrative account. Admin accounts have always the right to write, same as under Linux. ... and my account has Local Administrator rights. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38956
