I'm seeing an "Permission denied" failure when using chmod on a mapped network drive. The problem doesn't occur on the local drive and if I use a Windows-style backslash in the name, it works?!
CYGWIN_NT-5.1 EHOLMBER-XP 1.7.1(0.218/5/3) 2009-12-07 11:48 i686 Cygwin $ echo $CYGWIN nontsec eholm...@eholmber-xp /cygdrive/b $ touch test.txt $ ls -l test.txt -rwx------+ 1 eholmber Domain Users 0 2010-02-26 11:16 test.txt $ ls -l .\\test.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 eholmber Domain Users 0 2010-02-26 11:16 .\test.txt $ chmod +w test.txt chmod: changing permissions of `test.txt': Permission denied $ chmod +w .\\test.txt $ ls -l .\\test.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 eholmber Domain Users 0 2010-02-26 11:16 .\test.txt Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks, Eric Trimmed down cygcheck -rs output -------------------------------- Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics Current System Time: Fri Feb 26 09:48:45 2010 Windows XP Professional Ver 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3 Path: C:\cygwin\bin .\ Output from C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe UID: 267328(eholmber) GID: 10513(Domain Users) 544(Administrators) 545(Users) 1005(Debugger Users) SysDir: C:\WINDOWS\system32 WinDir: C:\WINDOWS CYGWIN = 'nontsec' HOME = 'C:\Documents and Settings\eholmber\My Documents' Path = 'C:\cygwin\bin;.\' HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\00 (default) = '\\.\tape1:' unix = '/dev/st1' fbinary = 0x00000000 fsilent = 0x00000001 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\01 (default) = '\\.\tape0:' unix = '/dev/st0' fbinary = 0x00000000 fsilent = 0x00000001 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\02 (default) = '\\.\b:' unix = '/dev/fd1' fbinary = 0x00000000 fsilent = 0x00000001 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\03 (default) = '\\.\a:' unix = '/dev/fd0' fbinary = 0x00000000 fsilent = 0x00000001 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\04 (default) = 'C:' unix = '/' fbinary = 0x00000000 fsilent = 0x00000000 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygwin HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygwin\Program Options HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygwin\setup HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Start Menu\Programs\Cygwin (default) = (unsupported type) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2 (default) = '/cygdrive' cygdrive flags = 0x00000020 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/ (default) = 'C:\cygwin' flags = 0x00000008 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/bin (default) = 'C:\cygwin/bin' flags = 0x00000008 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/lib (default) = 'C:\cygwin/lib' flags = 0x00000008 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\00 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\01 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\02 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\03 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\04 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\05 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\06 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\07 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\08 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\09 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\0A HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\0B HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\0C HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\0D HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\0E HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\0F HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\10 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\11 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\12 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\13 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\14 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\15 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\16 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\17 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\18 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\19 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\1A HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\1B HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\1C HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\1D HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygwin HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygwin\Installations (default) = '\??\C:\cygwin' dcb128a9c32912c6 = '\??\C:\utils\cygwin' HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygwin\Program Options HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygwin\setup (default) = 'C:\cygwin' obcaseinsensitive set to 1 Cygwin installations found in the registry: System: Key: c5e39b7a9d22bafb Path: C:\cygwin System: Key: dcb128a9c32912c6 Path: C:\utils\cygwin b: net NTFS 1997535Mb 71% CP CS UN PA EngBuildsD c: hd NTFS 476929Mb 68% CP CS UN PA FC Local Disk d: cd N/A N/A h: net FAT 500Mb 8% CP CS UN CIFS.HOMEDIR t: net NTFS 152625Mb 92% CP CS UN PA FC TLOGAN-XP x: hd NTFS 476929Mb 68% CP CS UN PA FC Local Disk y: net NTFS 953838Mb 12% CP CS PA workspace z: net NTFS 1997535Mb 71% CP CS UN PA EngBuildsD C:\cygwin / system binary,auto C:\cygwin\bin /usr/bin system binary,auto C:\cygwin\lib 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