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Diffstat (limited to 'winsup/cygwin/path.cc')
| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/cygwin/path.cc | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc index bd3463d88..559c87339 100644 --- a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc +++ b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc @@ -2327,7 +2327,12 @@ symlink_info::check (char *path, const suffix_info *suffixes, unsigned opt, if (!NT_SUCCESS (status)) { debug_printf ("%p = NtOpenFile(%S)", status, &dirname); - fileattr = 0; + /* There's a special case if the file is itself the root + of a drive which is not accessible by the current user. + This case is only recognized by the length of the + basename part. If it's 0, the incoming file is the + root of a drive. So we at least know it's a directory. */ + fileattr = basename.Length ? 0 : FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY; } else { |