Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20010212115219.019dbeb8@pop.ma.ultranet.com> X-Sender: lhall@pop.ma.ultranet.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 11:54:29 -0500 To: "Noel L Yap" , cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: Re: chmod and ntsec In-Reply-To: <852569F1.005AA916.00@nyc-ntgw-n01.ny.jpmorgan.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 11:30 AM 2/12/2001, Noel L Yap wrote: >I'm running CygWin on Win2k with CYGWIN="binmode ntea ntsec tty". I'm not sure >what version of CygWin I'm running. > >When I try to chmod something, I get a permission denied error. But I'm able to >change the permissions through Window's GUI. What am I doing wrong? Does chmod >not support NT security, yet (is it even possible for it to)? Do I need to >upgrade? > >Thanks much, >Noel You'll find allot of good information in the user documentation. It describes what you need to do to make ntsec work for you on NTFS partitions. Check it out and see if that helps you solve your problems. http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/cygwin-ug-net.html Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple