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Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 10:38:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Janos DOT Kannar AT nokia DOT com
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Subject: RE: install problem
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Not a good idea.  You should make sure the permissions are correct, and
after removing /etc/passwd, who knows what they'll be.  You might end up
with non-executable code after reinstating /etc/passwd.

Did you check what the failing command is?  Just run "make -n install",
and you should see exactly what parameters are passed to "install".  I bet
it's something like "-o root" (which really makes the project
non-portable, IMO)...  You could simply add a "root" user to your
/etc/passwd by copying the SYSTEM entry and changing the username to
"root", BTW.
	Igor

On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 Janos DOT Kannar AT nokia DOT com wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Thanks for your help! It was the install rule of the make file which
> produced the enclosed error messages. The problem should be the
> /etc/passwd file, because after removing it temporarily the code was
> installed properly.
>
> Br,
>         Janos
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ext Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:pechtcha <at> cs.nyu.edu]
> Sent: August 28,2003 15:32
> To: Kannar Janos (NMP/Budapest)
> Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: Re: install problem
>
>
> On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 Janos DOT Kannar AT nokia DOT com wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm just trying to install dictd-1.9.7 on my machine (with Win2000). The
> > package is already compiled, but the install process stops with the
> > following error messages:
> >
> > /cygdrive/c/cygwin/bin/install: cannot change ownership of `/usr/local/bin/dict.exe': Invalid argument
> > /cygdrive/c/cygwin/bin/install: cannot change ownership of `/usr/local/man/man1/dict.1': Invalid argument
> >
> > What is wrong, what shall I do?
> > Br,
> >         Janos
>
> Well, this doesn't give us much to go on, does it?  It's probably just
> install trying to 'chown root' (in which case you should be able to ignore
> this message), or there's a problem with your /etc/passwd.
>
> What is "the install process"?  Is it a shell script, or an "install" rule
> in a Makefile?  Could you "set -x" in the shell to find out what the exact
> failing command is (or run "make -n", if it's a Makefile)?
>
> Also, please follow the general guidelines for reporting Cygwin problems
> outlined in <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>, in particular, the one
> about attaching the output of "cygcheck -svr" (as an uncompressed text
> *attachment*), so that we are aware of your Cygwin environment and
> components.
>         Igor

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