[tex-live] [pretest] Windows: can't compile documents, permission problem

[Reinhard Kotucha]

On 2015-05-22 at 14:06:17 +0200, Siep Kroonenberg wrote:

 > On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 12:56:52PM +0200, Stephan Hennig wrote:
 > > Am 22.05.2015 um 11:34 schrieb Siep Kroonenberg:
 > > 
 > > > icacls c:\texlive\2015\texmf-var /grant:r Everyone:r /t
 > > > 
 > > > should do the trick - assuming c:\texlive\2015 is the root of the
 > > > installation.
 > > 
 > > That seems to work for the moment.
 > > 
 > > But only if I change user name 'Everyone' to 'Jeder' (German
 > > translation).  Otherwise your original command returnes an error
 > 
 > Non-localized:
 > 
 > icacls c:\texlive\2015\texmf-var /grant *S-1-1-0:r /t
 > 
 > S-1-1-0 is the `well-known SID' for `Everyone'.
 > 
 > /grant adds to existing permissions, /grant:r sets explicit
 > permissions, so /grant seems best.

Now I begin to understand why so many people claim that Windows is
easy to use.

Regards,
  Reinhard

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