Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-Id: <200111262024.PAA08287@interlock2.lexmark.com> X-Lotus-Fromdomain: LEXMARK AT LEXMTA From: dhay AT lexmark DOT com To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 15:24:41 -0500 Subject: File Permissions! Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline Hi everyone. I am really in need of help with chmod/chown. I have downloaded cygwin and installed it on 2000 box and NT box. I have set CYGWIN=ntsec, and run "mkpasswd -l -g > passwd" and "mkpasswd -g > group" to set up passwords and groups. However, I am now trying to use chmod and chown to no avail - I get the message chmod: changing permissions of `temp2.txt': Permission denied whenever I try it. I am logged in as dhay, my default user and am part of the Administrator group. If I do a "ls -l temp2.txt" I get: -rwxrwxrwx 1 dhay Administ 2166 Nov 26 14:42 temp2.txt What am I missing?! I have searched the archives and user guide to no avail. PLEASE could someone help me? Cheers, Dave /etc/passwd: Everyone:*:0:0:,S-1-1-0:: SYSTEM:*:18:18:,S-1-5-18:: Administrators:*:544:544:,S-1-5-32-544:: Backup Operators:*:551:551:,S-1-5-32-551:: Guests:*:546:546:,S-1-5-32-546:: Power Users:*:547:547:,S-1-5-32-547:: Replicator:*:552:552:,S-1-5-32-552:: Users:*:545:545:,S-1-5-32-545:: Administrator:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:500:544:U-REDCOAT\Administrator,S-1-5-21-1715537622-1737311756-107160125-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash dhay:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1000:544:David Hay,U-REDCOAT\dhay,S-1-5-21-1715537622-1737311756-107160125-1000:/home/dhay:/bin/bash Guest:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:501:544:U-REDCOAT\Guest,S-1-5-21-1715537622-1737311756-107160125-501:/home/Guest:/bin/bash IUSR_REDCOAT:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1001:544:Internet Guest Account,U-REDCOAT\IUSR_REDCOAT,S-1-5-21-1715537622-1737311756-107160125-1001:/home/IUSR_REDCOAT:/bin/bash IWAM_REDCOAT:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1002:544:Launch IIS Process Account,U-REDCOAT\IWAM_REDCOAT,S-1-5-21-1715537622-1737311756-107160125-1002:/home/IWAM_REDCOAT:/bin/bash nobody:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1003:544:nobody,U-REDCOAT\nobody,S-1-5-21-1715537622-1737311756-107160125-1003:/home/nobody:/bin/bash /etc/group: Everyone:*:0:0:,S-1-1-0:: SYSTEM:*:18:18:,S-1-5-18:: Administrators:*:544:544:,S-1-5-32-544:: Backup Operators:*:551:551:,S-1-5-32-551:: Guests:*:546:546:,S-1-5-32-546:: Power Users:*:547:547:,S-1-5-32-547:: Replicator:*:552:552:,S-1-5-32-552:: Users:*:545:545:,S-1-5-32-545:: Diagnostic info: C:\>cygcheck -s -r -v -h Cygnus Win95/NT Configuration Diagnostics Current System Time: Mon Nov 26 15:27:10 2001 Windows 2000 Professional Ver 5.0 build 2195 Service Pack 1 Path: C:\Perl\bin\ C:\WINNT\system32 C:\WINNT C:\WINNT\System32\Wbem c:\notes c:\notes\data c:\cygwin\bin \\WASHER\BPDPVCS\PVCS\NT SysDir: C:\WINNT\System32 WinDir: C:\WINNT Here's some environment variables that may affect cygwin: CYGWIN = `ntsec' Path = `C:\Perl\bin\;C:\WINNT\system32;C:\WINNT;C:\WINNT\System32\Wbem;c:\notes; c:\notes\data;c:\cygwin\bin;\\WASHER\BPDPVCS\PVCS\NT;' Here's the rest of your environment variables: ALLUSERSPROFILE = `C:\Documents and Settings\All Users' APPDATA = `C:\Documents and Settings\dhay\Application Data' CommonProgramFiles = `C:\Program Files\Common Files' COMPUTERNAME = `REDCOAT' ComSpec = `C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe' HOMEDRIVE = `C:' HOMEPATH = `\' JAVA_HOME = `c:\jdk1.3.1' LOGONSERVER = `\\REDCOAT' NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS = `1' OS = `Windows_NT' Os2LibPath = `C:\WINNT\system32\os2\dll;' PATHEXT = `.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH' PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE = `x86' PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER = `x86 Family 6 Model 4 Stepping 4, AuthenticAMD' PROCESSOR_LEVEL = `6' PROCESSOR_REVISION = `0404' ProgramFiles = `C:\Program Files' PROMPT = `$P$G' SystemDrive = `C:' SystemRoot = `C:\WINNT' TEMP = `C:\DOCUME~1\dhay\LOCALS~1\Temp' TMP = `C:\DOCUME~1\dhay\LOCALS~1\Temp' USERDOMAIN = `REDCOAT' USERNAME = `dhay' USERPROFILE = `C:\Documents and Settings\dhay' windir = `C:\WINNT' Scanning registry for keys with `Cygnus' in them... HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2 (default) = `/cygdrive' cygdrive flags = 0x00000022 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/ (default) = `c:/cygwin' flags = 0x0000000a HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/bin (default) = `c:/cygwin/bin' flags = 0x0000000a HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/lib (default) = `c:/cygwin/lib' flags = 0x0000000a HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options Listing available drives... Drv Type Size Free Flags Name a: fd N/A N/A c: hd NTFS 39252Mb 16% CP CS UN PA FC d: cd CDFS 0Mb -2147483548% CS Audio CD e: cd CDFS 594Mb 100% CS UN diska f: net NTFS 52061Mb 17% CP CS UN PA FC raid5-disk1 o: net ???? 17123Mb 79% CP R5-1 fd=floppy, hd=hard drive, cd=CD-ROM, net=Network Share CP=Case Preserving, CS=Case Sensitive, UN=Unicode PA=Persistent ACLS, FC=File Compression, VC=Volume Compression Mount entries: these map POSIX directories to your NT drives. -NT- -POSIX- -Type- -Flags- . /cygdrive user binmode,noumount c:/cygwin / system binmode c:/cygwin/bin /usr/bin system binmode c:/cygwin/lib /usr/lib system binmode Looking to see where common programs can be found, if at all... Found: c:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\cat.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\cpp.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\find.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\gcc.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\gdb.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\ld.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe Found: .\make.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\make.exe Warning: .\make.exe hides c:\cygwin\bin\make.exe Found: \make.exe Warning: .\make.exe hides \make.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe Looking for various Cygnus DLLs... (-v gives version info) 45k 2001/04/25 c:\cygwin\bin\cygform5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygform5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/4/25 1:28 34k 2001/09/30 c:\cygwin\bin\cygform6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygform6.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/9/29 22:43 18k 2000/10/23 c:\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cyggdbm.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/22 22:26 17k 2001/06/28 c:\cygwin\bin\cyghistory4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cyghistory4.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/1/6 23:34 21k 2001/06/28 c:\cygwin\bin\cyghistory5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cyghistory5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/6/27 22:27 21k 2001/06/20 c:\cygwin\bin\cygintl.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygintl.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/6/20 13:09 81k 2001/10/20 c:\cygwin\bin\cygitcl30.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygitcl30.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/10/19 20:25 35k 2001/10/20 c:\cygwin\bin\cygitk30.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygitk30.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/10/19 20:25 119k 2001/06/06 c:\cygwin\bin\cygjpeg6b.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygjpeg6b.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/6/6 0:27 26k 2001/04/25 c:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygmenu5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/4/25 1:27 19k 2001/09/30 c:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygmenu6.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/9/29 22:43 156k 2001/04/25 c:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses++5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygncurses++5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/4/25 1:29 175k 2001/09/30 c:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses++6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygncurses++6.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/9/29 22:45 226k 2001/04/25 c:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygncurses5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/4/25 1:17 201k 2001/09/30 c:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygncurses6.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/9/29 22:42 15k 2001/04/25 c:\cygwin\bin\cygpanel5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpanel5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/4/25 1:27 12k 2001/09/30 c:\cygwin\bin\cygpanel6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpanel6.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/9/29 22:43 108k 2001/06/28 c:\cygwin\bin\cygreadline4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygreadline4.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/1/6 23:34 135k 2001/06/28 c:\cygwin\bin\cygreadline5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygreadline5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/6/27 22:27 390k 2001/10/20 c:\cygwin\bin\cygtcl80.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygtcl80.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/10/19 20:24 5k 2001/10/20 c:\cygwin\bin\cygtclpip80.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 10k 2001/10/20 c:\cygwin\bin\cygtclreg80.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygtclreg80.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/10/19 20:24 623k 2001/10/20 c:\cygwin\bin\cygtk80.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygtk80.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/10/19 20:25 49k 2001/02/03 c:\cygwin\bin\cygz.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygz.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/2/3 15:35 714k 2001/11/14 c:\cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygwin1.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/11/13 23:16 Cygwin DLL version info: DLL version: 1.3.5 DLL epoch: 19 DLL bad signal mask: 19005 DLL old termios: 5 DLL malloc env: 28 API major: 0 API minor: 47 Shared data: 3 DLL identifier: cygwin1 Mount registry: 2 Cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions Cygwin registry name: Cygwin Program options name: Program Options Cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2 Cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags Cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix Cygdrive default prefix: Build date: Tue Nov 13 23:16:25 EST 2001 CVS tag: cygwin-1-3-5-2 Shared id: cygwin1S3 Cygwin Package Information Last downloaded files to: C:\Documents and Settings\dhay\Desktop Last downloaded files from: ftp://planetmirror.com/pub/sourceware/cygwin Package Version ash 20011018-1 autoconf 2.52-1 automake 1.5-1 bash 2.05a-2 bash-src 2.05a-2 binutils 20011002-1 bison 1.28-1 bison-src 1.28-1 byacc 0.0 byacc-src 0.0 cron 3.0.1-5 crypt 1.0-1 ctags 5.0.1-1 ctags-src 5.0.1-1 cvs 1.11.0-1 cygrunsrv 0.94-2 cygrunsrv-src 0.94-2 cygwin 1.3.5-3 cygwin-src 1.3.5-3 dejagnu 20010117-1 diff 0.0 expect 20010117-1 fileutils 4.1-1 findutils 0.0 flex 2.5.4-1 flex-src 2.5.4-1 gcc 2.95.3-5 gcc-src 2.95.3-5 gdb 20010428-3 gdbm 1.8.0-3 gettext 0.10.38-2 gettext-src 0.10.38-2 gperf 0.0 gperf-src 0.0 grep 2.4.2-1 grep-src 2.4.2-1 gzip 1.3-2 indent 2.2.6-2 indent-src 2.2.6-2 inetutils 1.3.2-14 inetutils-src 1.3.2-14 jpeg 6b-4 libncurses5 5.2-1 libncurses6 5.2-2 login 1.4-2 m4 0.0 make 3.79.1-5 mingw 20010917-1 mingw-runtime 1.1-1 mingw-runtime-src 1.1-1 ncurses 5.2-7 perl 5.6.1-1 readline 4.2-3 rxvt 2.7.2-6 sed 3.02-1 sh-utils 2.0-2 sharutils 4.2.1-1 sharutils-src 4.2.1-1 tar 1.13.19-1 tcsh 6.10.00-3 termcap 20010825-1 terminfo 5.2-1 textutils 2.0.16-1 unzip 5.41-1 unzip-src 5.41-1 w32api 1.1-1 which 1.5-1 zip 2.3-1 zip-src 2.3-1 zlib 1.1.3-6 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/