Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 18:51:30 -0400 From: "Pierre A. Humblet" To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: 1.3.22 -> 1.5.10: chmod behavior change Message-ID: <20040528225129.GA615289@Worldnet> References: <20040528192536.GA89120@lizzy.catnook.com> <6.1.0.6.0.20040528160424.03234d00@pop.theworld.com> <20040528211453.GB89120@lizzy.catnook.com> <20040528213228.GA632349@Worldnet> <20040528222037.GA7870@lizzy.catnook.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040528222037.GA7870@lizzy.catnook.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 03:20:15PM -0700, Jos Backus wrote: > On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 05:32:28PM -0400, Pierre A dot Humblet wrote: > > I think I see what the problem is. Is it correct that you do not have > > permission to change the permissions on that drive (even in the File > > Properties box)? > > I'm not sure what you mean. When I open the Properties of file x, I can change > its attributes (Read-only in this case) without problems, and Cygwin's ls > reflects those changes properly. It's just chmod that doesn't work. Right, but can you change the permissions (Security Tab)? > This sounds like a 1.5.10 regression, no? I actually saw the opposite problem > first: files that are -r--r--r-- I cannot chmod +w, whereas I can change them > using the Properties dialog. Yes, it's a regression and there is a simple fix. It will probably be in the next snapshot. Thanks for the feedback. Pierre -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/