Mail Archives: cygwin-developers/2002/10/22/20:20:32
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On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 09:53, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 07:42:35AM +1000, Robert Collins wrote:
> >On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 07:40, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> >> On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 07:36:08AM +1000, Robert Collins wrote:
> >> >If we can depend on a correct /etc/passwd we should be able to do
> >> >something. We will need to have a postinstall script for cygwin1.dll
> >> >that sets the permissions on cygwin1.dll, mkpasswd and mkpgroup, and
> >> >ensure that that script runs first, but that is all (off the top of m=
y
> >> >head - may be wrong :})
> >>=20
> >> Sounds like a catch-22 to me. How can we run anything except a .bat f=
ile
> >> invoking windows utilities if cygwin1.dll or any other executable may =
not
> >> actually be executable?
> >
> >Yep. Thus the .bat file to ensure that the mkpasswd and mkgroup commands
> >and cygwin1.dll are executable.
>=20
> One of us is missing something. *How* would you ensure that mkpasswd and
> mkgroup are executable? What executable would you run?
cacls.exe. IIRC that comes with NT. If I recall incorrectly, I'll need
to go think a little.
Rob
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