Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Message-ID: <01ec01c1aa83$748d4ea0$0d00a8c0@mchasecompaq> From: "Michael A Chase" To: "Derek M. Tournear" , References: <000b01c1aa81$5917a730$e2824f86@slac.stanford.edu> Subject: Re: Can't create new file/directory Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 10:16:29 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek M. Tournear" To: Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 10:01 Subject: Can't create new file/directory > I recently re-installed cygwin, now I can't create a new file or > directory within cygwin. I even made a new directory using explorer. > Gave this directory the permissions everyone full control. In cygwin I > chmod to 777 on this directory. It lets me chmod and chown on files and > directories. But if I go in that directory and try to make a new file > or directory it says permission denied. > > any ideas? Most of us are closer to psychotic than psychic. Some details would be useful. For example: How did you install Cygwin? What OS are you running under? (part of cygcheck -s) What are the exact commands you entered and what are the exact responses you get back? (cut and paste please, not typed from memory) -- Mac :}) ** I normally forward private questions to the appropriate mail list. ** Ask Smarter: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.htm Give a hobbit a fish and he eats fish for a day. Give a hobbit a ring and he eats fish for an age. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/