On 3/2/06, Christopher Faylor wrote: > The current FAQ has this entry: > > 4.15. Why doesn't chmod work?
I checked in this, but didn't update the website: The most common case is that your /etc/passwd or /etc/group files are not properly set up. If ls -l shows a group of mkpasswd or mkgroup, you need to run one or both of those commands. For other cases, understand that Cygwin attempts to show UNIX permissions based on the security features of Windows, so the Windows ACLs are likely the source of your problem. See the Cygwin User's Guide at http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html for more information on how Cygwin maps Windows permissions. -- 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/
