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Subject:	RE: Post-Install Scripts: chmod 755 /var doesn't work
Date:	Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:27:21 -0500
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K.C. Lee wrote on Monday, April 27, 2009 6:57 AM:
> I'm trying to make a unattended installation of cygwin including
openssh
> server.=20
>=20
> For some reason I have to excute the following 2 lines and I write
> them into some /etc/postinstall/xxx.sh and compress it as .tar.bz2
> file
> chmod +r /etc/passwd
> chmod +r /etc/group
>=20
> But this didn't work.

I assume you're using Cygwin 1.5, in which case try setting CYGWIN=3Dntsec
(Cygwin Setup sets it to nontsec by default; see
http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html for what these
settings mean):

export CYGWIN=3Dntsec
chmod +r /etc/passwd
chmod +r /etc/group

--=20
Bryan Thrall
FlightSafety International
bryan DOT thrall AT flightsafety DOT com

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