From: jj@digisle.net (JJ Streicher-Bremer) Subject: Re: setting uid for new files? 6 Jan 1999 02:25:47 -0800 Message-ID: <369254D2.50A18BA.cygnus.gnu-win32@digisle.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Marc Haber Cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com The local administrators group translates to UID 544. JJ Marc Haber wrote: > > Hi! > > I am trying to build tar using cygwin B20. Since I don't have a tar > executable on my Windows machine, I untarred the distribution on the > UNIX box and used samba to transfer the files to the Windows box. > > However, it doesn't seem to allow me to write in the directory I have > just created: > > |bash-2.02$ ls -al > |total 236 > |drwxr-xr-x 9 544 Kein 0 Jan 4 21:33 . > |drwxr-xr-x 10 544 Kein 0 Jan 4 21:33 .. > |-rw-r--r-- 1 544 Kein 11451 Apr 19 1997 ABOUT-NLS > |-rw-r--r-- 1 544 Kein 1040 Apr 19 1997 AC-PATCHES > > |drwxr-xr-x 2 544 Kein 0 Jan 4 21:33 tests > |bash-2.02$ cat /etc/passwd > |Administrator::500:513:::/bin/sh > |Gast::501:513:::/bin/sh > |mh::1000:513:::/bin/sh > |bash-2.02$ cat /etc/group > |Kein::513: > |Everyone::0: > |bash-2.02$ whoami > |administrator > |bash-2.02$ > > Where does that uid 544 come from? > > Greetings > Marc > > -- > -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- > Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header > Karlsruhe, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | Fon: *49 721 966 32 15 > Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fax: *49 721 966 31 29 > - > For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to > "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".