Solved I can't copy a file - "Access Denied"

[peter7277]

I have Cygwin installed on my Windows 7 machine but it seems there is a problem with the permissions on the Cygwin folder because it doesn't allow me to copy any files to it, i get "access denied" every time i try. I tried to change the permissions from the folder properties but it doesn't allow me to save the settings. I tried different copy programs, also Robocopy, but still getting "access denied".

Any solution for this?

 

[JustCall]

Are you on an admin account?

 

[GokAy]

Can you take ownership of the folder?

Try adding your own account to permissions and give full control.

 

[Windows Sniper]

Can you take ownership of the folder?

Try adding your own account to permissions and give full control.

To add to GokAy's answer -- http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/129063-take-ownership-allow-prevent-users-groups.html Shows you how to do this easily.

You may also need to assign guest access to the Cygwin folder through BASH -- bash - Root user/sudo equivalent in Cygwin? - Stack Overflow the first answer on there is a detailed guide to doing this.
**Warning** This is from base knowledge of Cygwin / Linux use at risk **Warning**
Once you have done this, you should use "CHMOD 777 -R -F" to force the files to be R/W/Executable by all users.

I think i may have a syntax issue on that, but i'm not certain.

 

[peter7277]

I added my user name to the owners of the folder and finally i was able to copy files in this directory. I go to Properties>Security>Advanced>Change Permissions>Add and i added my user name and gave it Full Control permission.
I don't know why but original owners of the folder were Everyone, Creator Owner, Creator Group and these other two:

S-1-5-21-737781111-1622150700-586221225-1001
S-1-5-21-737781111-1622150700-586221225-513

 

[GokAy]

Did you copy paste this folder from some other installation perhaps?

 

[peter7277]

No, the folder was there from the beginning but recently i reinstalled Windows.