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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 07:12:29 -0800 (PST)
From: d j <dirkj0t AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: tetex (latex) permission problem on NT
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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Dear All,

I could not find any reference to this anywhere, so
FYI or maybe for the FAQ:

Running Cygwin 1.5.7-1 on XP professional, any attempt
to run latex produced an immediate permission error on
texmf.cnf ('cannot access', if I recall well). I
noticed that some of the files in the texmf subdir
have a  'group' property of Users, other of 'None'
(which is everyone, afaik). 

I logged in to XP as Admin and recursively allowed
Users access to files/directories under texmf. This
solved the problem.

I think my problem was related to the fact that my
login is domain controlled (ie not local to the
machine). This renders me a member of the group Users,
who don't have access to all files in the texmf
directory. 

I am not exactly an expert on the confusing topic of
NT vs unix vs cygwin permissions, so correct me if
what I did is overkill.

CHeers,
Dirk
 


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