This was 1.3.19. However I've got two systems running cygwin and the other still has 1.3.20. My home directory on the 1.3.20 system is below, with some errors I also get with the 1.3.20 when my bash prompt cranks up:
[And yes, I have a two word username here (dumb), is that really likely to be the cause of the problem?] -Val BEGIN INFO: /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf: Permission denied /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf: Permission denied /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf: Permission denied /usr/share/texmf/ls-R: Permission denied /usr/share/texmf/aliases: Permission denied Val [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ls -l total 7 lrwxrwxrwx 1 Val Schm None 101 Dec 13 14:41 Val -> /cygdrive/f/Val/ -rw-rw-rw- 1 Val Schm None 58 Feb 13 14:19 WxDataISAPI.dll -rwxrwx---+ 1 Administ Administ 146 Sep 17 09:56 datawriter.pl* drwxrwx---+ 2 Administ Administ 0 Nov 19 19:27 docbook-xml-4.2/ drwxrwx---+ 2 Administ Administ 0 Nov 19 19:27 ent/ -rwx------+ 1 Val Schm None 3189 Feb 13 13:44 httpget1.txt* drwxrwx---+ 7 Administ Administ 0 Nov 19 18:37 mb-cookbook/ -rw-rw-rw- 1 Val Schm None 372 Jan 27 12:13 or1-securitynotes drwx------+ 3 Val Schm None 0 Feb 19 17:52 tmp/ drwxrwxrwx+ 2 Val Schm None 0 Jan 2 11:19 tunnel_scripts/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 9:48 AM > To: Val Schmidt > Cc: 'Elfyn McBratney'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: upgrading broke cygwin? > > Val, > > Is the below ls output with Cygwin-1.3.19 or 1.3.20? Also, what's the > value of your CYGWIN environment variable? > > You might also want to change your username in /etc/passwd to something > with no space. It probably isn't related to your current problem, but > some tools, especially shell scripts, cannot handle usernames with spaces > properly. Same goes for your home directory - just rename it to, say, > /home/Val_Schmidt and change the appropriate /etc/passwd entry. You don't > need to change your Windows user name, just the /etc/passwd entry. Be > careful to leave the SID part of the entry intact. Note that this change > *will* affect inetd and sshd if you use them. > Igor > > On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Val Schmidt wrote: > > > I appreciate the help. > > > > It's not clear to me why either mkpasswd or mkgroup in my home directory > > would cause the effects I and others have been seeing with the latest > > version of cygwin. > > > > At any rate, here's the results of my ls -al on my home directory. No > > mkpasswd or mkgroup. > > > > -Val > > > > $ ls -al > > total 11492 > > drwxrwxr-x+ 15 Administ Administ 0 Feb 23 14:33 ./ > > drwxrwxr-x+ 3 Administ Administ 0 Jan 28 15:40 ../ > > -rw-rw---- 1 Administ Administ 4518 Feb 21 16:57 .bash_history > > -rw-r--r-- 1 Val Schm None 596 Feb 20 15:54 .bash_profile > > -rw-rw-rw- 1 Val Schm None 587 Feb 23 14:33 .bashrc > > drwxrwxrwx+ 3 Val Schm None 0 Nov 22 13:37 .emacs.d/ > > -rw-rw-rw- 1 Val Schm None 0 Feb 20 14:39 .gmtcommands > > -rw-rw-rw- 1 Val Schm None 356 Feb 19 16:27 .inputrc > > drwxr-xr-x+ 2 Val Schm None 0 Jan 30 10:13 .ncftp/ > > -rw------- 1 Val Schm None 6061 Feb 23 17:45 .octave_hist > > -rw-r--r-- 1 Val Schm None 216 Nov 22 13:30 .profile > > drwxrwx---+ 2 Administ Administ 0 Jan 14 11:10 .ssh/ > > -rwxrw-rw- 1 Val Schm None 43 Dec 13 11:59 .tunnel* > > -rw-rw-r-- 1 Val Schm None 664 Jan 20 10:13 .xinitrc > > drwxrwxrwx+ 4 Val Schm None 0 Jan 20 17:15 hiro/ > > drwxr-xr-x+ 2 Val Schm None 0 Nov 21 17:42 kermit/ > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 Val Schm None 191 Dec 13 14:44 mydocs -> > /cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/Val Schmidt/My Documents// > > drwxrwxrwx+ 6 Val Schm None 0 Feb 23 15:26 octave/ > > -rwxrwx---+ 2 Administ SYSTEM 4194372 Feb 17 13:26 pfirewall.log* > > drwxrwxrwx+ 2 Val Schm None 0 Dec 19 15:41 plotscripts/ > > drwxrwxrwx+ 3 Val Schm None 0 Jan 20 16:26 projects/ > > drwxrwxr-x+ 6 Administ Administ 0 Jan 28 15:13 rsync-scripts/ > > -rwxrwxr-x 1 Administ Administ 504 Oct 15 10:55 > ssh.exe.stackdump* > > -rw-rw-rw- 1 Val Schm None 2202 Dec 12 13:31 sshd-cygwin > > -rw-rw-rw- 1 Val Schm None 1982 Dec 12 13:18 sshd-cygwin~ > > drwxrwsr-x+ 4 Val Schm None 0 Feb 17 11:24 testing/ > > drwxrwxrwx+ 2 Val Schm None 0 Feb 23 18:03 tmp/ > > drwxrwxrwx+ 2 Val Schm None 0 Feb 3 17:09 tunnel_scripts/ > > drwxrwxrwx+ 2 Val Schm None 0 Feb 3 16:34 unison-scripts/ > > -rw-rw-rw- 1 Val Schm None 102 Feb 5 13:48 unison.cmd > > -rw-r--r-- 1 Val Schm None 7546969 Feb 17 15:20 waas.d226 > > > > ________________________________________________ > > Val Schmidt > > Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University > > 61 Route 9W > > Palisades, NY 10964 > > m: 614 286 3726 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Elfyn McBratney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 12:20 PM > > > To: cygwin; Val Schmidt > > > Subject: Re: Re: upgrading broke cygwin? > > > > > > > I upgraded to the 1.3.20-1 version dll today and saw very similar > > > > and strange behavior. Some things wouldn't execute due to > > > > permissions errors, and other would execute from commandline but not > > > > from a script. What causes this, I don't know. > > > > > > > > I ran setup.exe again, found the "base" cygwin install, cycled > > > > through the keep/uninstall/revert until 1.9-19 version came up, and > > > > installed the older version. Everything seems to be working fine > > > > now. > > > > > > > > I wish I could help with what's broke, but I don't have a clue. > > > > > > > > There's a recent remark in the list that's there's no way to > > > > uninstall - the procedure above seems to work just fine. > > > > > > What is the output of `ls -al /path/to/your/homedir' . I'm thinking > > > that it will contain eother mkpasswd or mkgroup. > > > > > > Elfyn McBratney > > -- > http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ > |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski > '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! > > Oh, boy, virtual memory! Now I'm gonna make myself a really *big* RAMdisk! > -- /usr/games/fortune -- 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/
