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From:	"Nellis, Kenneth" <Kenneth DOT Nellis AT xerox DOT com>
To:	"cygwin AT cygwin DOT com" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	RE: chmod Not Working
Date:	Mon, 30 Dec 2013 19:23:10 +0000
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From: bartels
> 
> On 12/30/2013 06:16 AM, Nithin Kurien wrote:
> > When I type the following sequence of commands:
> >
> > cd ~; mkdir sample; chmod -R 0700 sample; stat -c "%a %u %g" sample;
> > rm -rf sample; mkdir sample; chmod -R 0755 sample; stat -c "%a %u %g"
> > sample
> >
> > the output is:
> >
> > 770 1001 513
> > 775 1001 513
> >
> > Why is chmod not working?
> >
> > OS: Windows 8 Pro 64-bit
> > Cygwin Setup.exe Version: 2.831 (32-bit)
> 
> That looks fine to me.
> What do you expect?

Presumably because when the OP asked for 700 he got 770, and when
he asked for 755 he got 775.

--Ken Nellis

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