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Date:	Sun, 18 Jul 2004 12:56:12 -0400
To:	Michael Arndt <M DOT Arndt AT science-computing DOT de>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From:	Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Permission Problem while installing Cygwin as admin
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At 11:31 AM 7/17/2004, you wrote:
>Hello *
>
>Problem: Cygwin is installed with very restrictive Permissions
>         / and directories below have only access rights for the installing user
>    no one else ...
>         Selected was a "shared" install, not user specific
>
>Q:
>
>- is there any script or workaround to get correct permissiens for cygwin tree ?
>
>-remark: i installed as a privileged user with adminprivs
>         but the user is a user configured on a domain controller
>         not as local admin. 
>         I have all admin privileges on install host !
>
>This seems have led to two problems: 
>
>all group perms are shown as mkgroup
>all files / dirs belong to my account and have complete restrictive perms
>
>
>In list mails i found as workaround: create e.g. c:cygwin before install and give 
>permissions to users, then install. Is there any other solution to avoid reinstall
>or how can i understand the reasons ...


Sure.  Make sure your '/etc/passwd' and '/etc/group' files contain the 
local and domain groups and users you need (see 'man mkpasswd' and 'man
mkgroup' for details on the '-l' and '-d' flags).  Then use the '-R' 
flag to 'chmod' and/or 'chgrp' on '/' to set your permissions and/or
ownerships the way you want them.  You'll need to do this as the privileged
user.


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