Milner, Jon (EU-SES) wrote: > Thanks Max. I erased Cygwin and re-installed. Results are detailed below. > > I am installing for all users, logged in as myself 'GBMilneJ'. > I am a member of XP's Administrators group. > (I've installed several other programs, with no problems). > ... > C:\>cacls C:\cygwin > C:\cygwin BUILTIN\Administrators:(OI)(CI)F > NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(OI)(CI)F > BUILTIN\Users:(CI)(special access:) > SYNCHRONIZE > FILE_WRITE_DATA > > BUILTIN\Users:(CI)(special access:) > SYNCHRONIZE > FILE_APPEND_DATA > > BUILTIN\Users:(OI)(CI)R > > C:\>
I've reproduced the problem, by replicating the ACL above. I will try to debug. As a workaround, you may add back the XP default "CREATOR OWNER: Full Control" ACE, that is missing (deliberately removed?) from the ACL above. Max. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
