From:	gepr AT swarm DOT com (glen e. p. ropella)
Subject:	chmod
16 Mar 1998 00:37:08 -0800 :
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To:	gnu-win32 <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>

> How do I set /etc up?
> 
> If you want a valid /etc set up (so "ls -l" will display correct user information for example) and if you are running
> NT (preferably with an NTFS file system), you should just need to create the /etc directory on the filesystem
> mounted as / and then use mkpasswd and mkgroup to create /etc/passwd and /etc/group respectively. Since
> Windows 95's Win32 API is less complete, you're out of luck if you're running Windows 95! 

Can I take this entry from the FAQ to mean that one cannot chmod, chgrp, or 
successfully use "ls -l" from Win95?  My problem is the following:  I gunzip/untar
a source distribution in which the configure script (and it's subscripts... otherwise
I could do a "sh configure") are in mode 644 as opposed to 755.  I then try to 
chmod 755 config* and the chmod program doesn't complain; but, when I then 
try a ./configure, I get a permission denied.  Any help would be greatly 
appreciated.

Thanks.
glen
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