Igor: Thanks for the tip. Please see attached cygcheck.out that contains the output to cygcheck -svr.
I was changing file permissions on my home directory on a network drive, so this is probably why it did not work, even though that drive is NTFS. Using chmod to change the file permissions of a file on /cygdrive/c had the intended result. Derek -----Original Message----- From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: October 3, 2003 12:31 PM To: Derek Mahar Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: chmod not working on Windows XP On Fri, 3 Oct 2003, Derek Mahar wrote: > After having read the FAQ and setting CYGWIN to "ntsec tty", chmod > still does not change file permissions on my Windows XP system. I've > created /etc/passwd and /etc/group as follows: > > mkpasswd --local --domain > /etc/passwd > mkgroup --local --domain > /etc/group > > My system configuration is: > > Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] > Cygwin 1.5.5-1 > > What am I overlooking? > Thanks, > Derek You're apparently overlooking the Cygwin problem reporting guidelines at <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>, especially the bit about attaching (as an uncompressed text *attachment*) the output of "cygcheck -svr". That output will provide information to confirm or deny my guess below. Are you using FAT or FAT32? If the former, read up on the "ntea" setting in the CYGWIN environment variable (<http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html>). If the latter, you're out of luck, apparently. <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PTC>. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton
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