From: Heesob Park <phasis@...>
Date: 2008-04-28T11:10:07+09:00
Subject: Re: (no subject)

Hi,

Dave Smith wrote:
> I'm trying to use win32/file to set permission on a file, but I can't 
> seem
> to get it working.  Here's what I've tried
> 
> require "win32/file"
> File.set_permissions("C:\\foo.txt", {"Domain\\username" => 2032127})
> 
> and I get this error
> 
> :/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/win32-file-0.5.5/lib/win32/file.rb:212:in
> `set_permissions': The access control list (ACL) structure is invalid.
> (ArgumentError)
>
In the current version, it means the given account do not exist.
The misleading message must be modified.

Inserting the following line at file.rb #158 will solve this problem.

if sid.strip == ""
  raise ArgumentError, 'Account does not exist'
end

> I can read permissions I just can't set them.

Try this:

perm = File.get_permissions("C:\\foo.txt")
p perm
File.set_permissions("C:\\foo.txt",perm)

Regards,
Park Heesob
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