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Windows permission documentation #95

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redlars opened this issue Dec 19, 2018 · 1 comment
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Windows permission documentation #95

redlars opened this issue Dec 19, 2018 · 1 comment

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@redlars
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redlars commented Dec 19, 2018

We found the description of filesystem perms enumerator [1] confussing and started a discussion on boost mailinglist [2]. It appears the filesystem uses the readonly attribute to set permissions and does not use Windows ACL at all. We believe that the current docs should be updated to give a better description of the permissions functionality.

We also believe this windows warning[1] is somewhat hidden and it would be usefull if this warning was included in the permissons description [3].

[1] - https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_69_0/libs/filesystem/doc/reference.html#Enum-perms
[2] - https://lists.boost.org/boost-users/2018/12/89232.php
[3] - https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_69_0/libs/filesystem/doc/reference.html#permissions

kind regards, Lars

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Lastique commented May 3, 2020

I believe the note in the docs is adequate. If you have a suggestion on how to improve it, please create a PR.

@Lastique Lastique closed this as completed May 3, 2020
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