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Subject:	Re: File permissions not rx for group in /bin
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Jim Kleckner wrote:
> I've read through the various permission documents
> to find the explanation and tried Google without
> figuring this one out.  Hopefully it is very simple.
> 
> I have an old cygwin install that I was upgrading
> to the latest 1.5.  I find that the files in /bin
> are mode 700 rather than 750 on my other installations.
> The setup.exe is set to "All Users" although perhaps
> some time in the dark past it might not have been.
> 
> This means that users other than the one installing
> cygwin can't use it.  Is there some magic to make that
> work properly?

Did you try "chmod 750 /bin"?

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