Jason Tishler wrote: > Max, > > On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 11:58:07AM +0100, Max Bowsher wrote: >> Jason Tishler wrote: >>> Is there any way to solve this problem without me adding a >>> postinstall script that performs a "chmod +rx" on all *.exe and >>> *.dll files installed by this packages? >> >> Yes. PTC for setup. > > Would the following patch or an extension to it help? > > http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2003-04/msg00127.html
AFAIK, no. IIUC, the problem here is that postmaster wants execute perms on postgres.exe, but it is running neither as the user who installed Cygwin, nor as a member of the Users group. Essentially, postgres could encounter the same problem on an ACL-enabled Linux system. One solution would be for postmaster to use the access() function, which is ACL-aware on Cygwin - I don't know about Linux. >> Please please please don't add this kind of postinstall script. > > OK, I won't. However, I've been getting hammered by this problem for > some time. IIRC, since XP was released. A lot more people using ntsec, I guess. 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/
