On Sep 15 10:01, Marcus Davage wrote: > Firstly, sorry, but I am afriad I cannot CYMTNQREAIYR - it's out of my > control.
I don't think so. The last resort is called "hand editing". That should always work sufficiently. > Next, my dir /etc/services returns > services -> C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\etc\services* > so it IS a symlink to Windows. I'm wondering if C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\etc\services is readable for everyone. Could you go into the above directory and call chmod a+r services and try again? Other than that, please follow the guidelines on http://cygwin.com/problems.html Attaching the cygcheck output could perhaps give us a clue what's going wrong on your system. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- 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/