Mail Archives: cygwin/2004/02/09/12:02:17
If you are a command-line junkie, you should have a Windows command called cacls that would also work.
Something like:
C:\>cd cygwin
C:\cygwin>cacls * /T /E /G Flo:F
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
> [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com] On Behalf Of Igor Pechtchanski
> Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 8:19 PM
> To: Flo
> Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: Re: RE : How can i really uninstall completly cygwin
> from Windows XP Pro ???
>
>
> The first is a bug in the Cygwin version of chown. A
> temporary workaround
> would be to use "chown -R Flo /*; chown Flo /".
>
> For the Windows way, go to the Properties dialog, then to the
> "Security"
> tab, then click on the "Advanced" button at the bottom, go to
> the "Owner"
> tab, and change the owner to yourself (this recipe is for
> Win2k, but XP
> should be reasonably similar).
> Igor
>
> On Sun, 8 Feb 2004, Flo wrote:
>
> > Hello Thx for your help but i get and error :
> >
> > > This is due to the permission and ownership settings on
> these files.
> > > To be able to remove them, you should first take ownership of the
> > > whole Cygwin folder, either by running "chown -R $USER /" as an
> > > administrative user, or, if you've already removed part
> of Cygwin, by
> > > going through Windows Explorer's file properties dialog for
> > > "c:\cygwin", in Advanced permission settings.
> >
> > The error :
> >
> > $ chown -R Flo /
> > chown: getting attributes of `//bin': No such file or directory
> > chown: getting attributes of `//cvsroot': No such file or directory
> > chown: getting attributes of `//cygwin.bat': No such file
> or directory
> > chown: getting attributes of `//cygwin.ico': No such file
> or directory
> > chown: getting attributes of `//etc': No such file or directory
> > chown: getting attributes of `//ftp': No such file or directory
> > chown: getting attributes of `//home': No such file or directory
> > chown: getting attributes of `//lib': No such file or directory
> > chown: getting attributes of `//opt': No such file or directory
> > chown: getting attributes of `//temp': No such file or directory
> > chown: getting attributes of `//tmp': No such file or directory
> > chown: getting attributes of `//usr': No such file or directory
> > chown: getting attributes of `//var': No such file or directory
> >
> > The permissions didn't change and in advanced mode of file
> properties i
> > can't make any change, there isn't any permission options.
> In standard
> > mode, when i uncheck "Read-only" permissions i get the
> Access refused
> > error on any system files.
> >
> > -----Message d'origine-----
> > De : Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu]
> > Envoyé : samedi 7 février 2004 19:46
> > À : Flo
> > Cc : cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> > Objet : Re: How can i really uninstall completly cygwin
> from Windows XP
> > Pro ???
> >
> > On Sat, 7 Feb 2004, Flo wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I have a question i ever seen in this forum but without a correct
> > > response :
> > >
> > > How can i uninstall completly cygwin from Windows XP Pro ???
> > >
> > > I try uninstall it with the setup.exe but it doesn't work :
> > >
> > > The FAQ says that :
> > >
> > > How do I uninstall all of Cygwin?
> > >
> > > Setup has no automatic uninstall facility. Just delete everything
> > > manually:
> > > * Cygwin shortcuts on the Desktop and Start Menu
> > > * The registry tree `Software\Cygnus Solutions' under
> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEand/or HKEY_CURRENT_USER.
> > > * Anything under the Cygwin root folder, `C:\cygwin' by default.
> > > * Anything created by setup in its temporary working directory.
> > > It's up to you to deal with other changes you made to your system,
> > such
> > > as installing the inetd service, altering system paths, etc. Setup
> > would
> > > not have done any of these things for you.
> >
> > Oh, good, you actually read the FAQ... :-)
> >
> > > So, i stopped and removed the SSHD and INETD services and tried to
> > > delete everything manually:
> > > But i got "Acces refused" error on cygwin System files like :
> > > sshd_config, ssh_config, ssh_host_dsa_key, inetd.log...
> >
> > This is due to the permission and ownership settings on
> these files. To
> > be able to remove them, you should first take ownership of the whole
> > Cygwin folder, either by running "chown -R $USER /" as an
> administrative
> > user, or, if you've already removed part of Cygwin, by going through
> > Windows Explorer's file properties dialog for "c:\cygwin",
> in Advanced
> > permission settings.
> >
> > > One day i tried to delete the cygwin directory and i
> didn't have any
> > > problem but now on every cygwin install i get this
> problem and it make
> > > me nuts.
> > > I also tried to start windows in sage mode and delete it
> but it didn't
> > > work.
> >
> > This won't help - safe mode doesn't change file ownership. It only
> > helps
> > if the files are reported as being "in use" because there
> are services
> > that are automatically started in normal mode. In this
> case, you can
> > also
> > simply stop the services via "cygrunsrv -E <servicename>".
> >
> > > Why the cygwin developpers didn't make un uninstaller, is it so
> > > difficult for them ?!!!
> >
> > Nobody bothered. The principle of open-source development is "you
> > scratch
> > your itch, and then share the results". If you need an uninstaller,
> > feel
> > free to contribute one. <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PTC>.
> >
> > > Another BIG question why the Cygwin installer developpers
> made a so
> > > small windows to check packages to install with Cygwin ?
> instead this
> > > windows isn't resizable ?!!
> >
> > It's currently under development. Try a setup snapshot:
> > <http://cygwin.com/setup-snapshots/>.
> >
> > > Florent
> >
> > HTH,
> > Igor
>
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