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Date: | Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:57:19 -0500 |
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Subject: | Re: Interesting problem installing cygserver |
From: | Gregg Levine <gregg DOT drwho8 AT gmail DOT com> |
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On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 11:51 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) <reply-to-list-only-lh AT cygwin DOT com> wrote: > On 11/22/2009 10:43 PM, Gregg Levine wrote: > > <snip> > >> $ /usr/bin/cygserver-config >> Generating /etc/cygserver.conf file >> chown: changing ownership of `/etc/cygserver.conf': Permission denied >> >> >> Warning: The following function requires administrator privileges! > > <snip> > >> A good start is either you don't have administrator privileges >> or a missing cygrunsrv binary. =A0Please check for both. > > <snip> > >> I happen to have both. Cygwin was installed using the defaults on this >> laptop who is running Windows Seven and this is the latest of the 1.7 >> installers. > > So you started the terminal you're using with "Run as Administrator"? > > -- > Larry Hall =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0htt= p://www.rfk.com > RFK Partners, Inc. =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0(508) 893-9= 779 - RFK Office > 216 Dalton Rd. =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0(508) 8= 93-9889 - FAX > Holliston, MA 01746 > Hello! Close. The terminal is being run from an account with those privileges. I believe however that it may not be able to gain the right ones to write into the /etc directory. --=20 ----- Gregg C Levine gregg DOT drwho8 AT gmail DOT com "This signature was once found posting rude messages in English in the Moscow subway." -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
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