On Sat, 1 May 2004, you (whoever you are) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I couldn't find too much information on Cygwin in XP where after
> reinstalling XP and having Cygwin on another partition with wrong
> "owner"-accounts.
> Resulting in some files being unable to be deleted, how hard you might be
> trying. (I've tried very hard.)
>
>
> I finally came up with a way to work around;
>
> 1. Browse* to the file that is 'locked' or cannot be deleted. (after trying
> to delete the Cygwin files and getting the "cannot delete"-errors, there
> will only be the locked files left, so you just have to browse a bit.)
>
> 2. Right-Click -> Properties -> Security
> Here you notice you're locked out, and all options are greyed out, Your
> previous account that had admin rights to/owned the file is indicated as
> "not found".
>
> 3. Click advanced -> "Owner"-tab, and select the current owner. Hit "apply"
> then "Ok".
> Close out the underlaying menu ("Host Properties" / Security Tab) by
> clicking ok to reload the changed settings.
>
> 4. Rightclick the file(s) again -> Properties -> Security.
>
> You'll notice you now can change the access rights as you desire; Set your
> account to full control and delete the file(s) and hit "ok", then delete the
> files as you desire.
>
>
> *Trying to change permissions for the upmost parent folder in the way
> described above didn't work as desired.
>
> Regards,
> Tim
a) Nothing to do with X -- redirecting to the appropriate list.
b) Try "man chown", especially the "-R" and "--from" options.
Igor
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