From:	cgf AT bbc DOT com (Christopher Faylor)
Subject:	Re: Unix execute permission in BASH (using SAMBA)
3 Mar 1998 09:38:12 -0800 :
Message-ID:	<Ep7yqD.Aoq.cygnus.gnu-win32@bbc.com>
References:	<c=GB%a=_%p=Aspect_Telecommu%l=EUEMS2-980302142059Z-1671 AT naems11 DOT aspect DOT com>
Reply-To:	cgf AT bbc DOT com
To:	gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

In article <c=GB%a=_%p=Aspect_Telecommu%l=EUEMS2-980302142059Z-1671 AT naems11 DOT aspect DOT com>,
Howe, Peter <Peter DOT Howe AT aspect DOT com> wrote:
>I use SAMBA to connect to a Solaris box and am using CYGWIN32 Bash to
>access scripts on it.  On the Unix machine, a certain script has
>executable permissions but when I try to access it via Bash, it does not
>have executable permissions and so I am unable to run the script.

Try adding "map system = yes" to the entry in smb.conf for the share
that you're exporting.  That should make every file on the share appear
to be executable.

It's a bit like using a sledge hammer to drive in a finishing nail, but
it's probably the best you can do given the constraints of Windows/SMB.
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