That fixed all of my problems! "mkpasswd -du mywindowslogin > /etc/passwd", and then gcc started producing programs that were executable again.
-Rolf > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 7:05 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: File permission problems with new cygwin dll > > > On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 11:09:31AM +1300, Ross Smith wrote: > >I just upgraded to the new cygwin dll and gcc, and I seem to > be running > >into some of the same problems reported by others. (Yes, I > know ntsec > >is now enabled by default.) > > > >First problem: chmod doesn't work. Whenever I try to use it, > I just get > >"chmod: changing permissions of `foo': Invalid argument". > > As a guess, that would probably be an indication that your > /etc/passwd is out of sync with your Windows account. > Rerunning mkpasswd may help. > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
