Your /etc/passwd file is not valid. I fixed mine using "mkpasswd -du mywinusername > /etc/passwd", I'm not sure what the 'right thing' to do is.
-Rolf > -----Original Message----- > From: Lane, Frank L [mailto:frank.l.lane@;boeing.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 7:44 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: gcc builds executables but they're not executable? > > > Okay, I'm trying to do some stuff with time so downloaded the > gnu time command from the install site. A couple of other > things also got grabbed, I think they were texinfo and fi I > forget. Point being now when I build an executable it's not > executable and chmod won't let me make it executable. I > thought I saw this discussed on the list recently but > couldn't find it in the archive. WTF did I do! and how can I undo it. > > Thanks, > Frank > > -- > 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/
