#454: file permissions of installed files on windows ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: Toxaris | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Cabal-1.6 Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.6.0.1 Severity: normal | Resolution: Keywords: | Difficulty: normal Ghcversion: 6.10.1 | Platform: Windows ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Comment (by duncan): Replying to [ticket:454 Toxaris]:
When installing a binary on Windows Vista using ghc 6.10.1 and Cabal 1.6.0.1, it is not accessible for ordinary users. Old binaries installed with ghc 6.8.2 and Cabal 1.4 had "read" and "execute" permissions set for "all users", while new binaries have only permissions set for "administrators".
Having looked into how permissions are copied I cannot explain this behavior. The way `System.Directory.copyFile` copies permissions is in fact not to copy any permissions at all (it only copies the read-only attribute). I've tested this on Win2k3. Perhaps the behavior of msvcrt has changed in Windows Vista. Could you give us more details on how you performed the test and how we can reproduce it. Were you doing global or user installs? Were you running the build and install as administrator? Where were you installing the files? -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/454#comment:7 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects