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On Thu, 2 Aug 2007, Andrew Kruse wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to create a new managed mount point and am running into
> some problems.
>
> The exact command I am running: (after successfully creating both
> /usr/.managed/portage and /usr/portage as myself in the cygwin shell)
> mount -o managed `cygpath -m /usr/.managed/portage` /usr/portage
>
> Results in:
>
> mount: /usr/portage: Permission denied
>
> attached is the output of cygcheck -svr and also my /etc/passwd and
> /etc/group files. I don't know that I have a complete grasp of what
> the correct configuration for those files is, but don't understand why
> I can create a directory and not subsequently mount it as managed.

Try "mount -f -o managed `cygpath -m /usr/.managed/portage` /usr/portage".
HTH,
	Igor
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