X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <46CDC174.90901@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:18:44 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Vista: mount/umount -s permission denied References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Dick Repasky wrote: > > On Windows Vista Enterprise, I consistently receive "permission denied" > errors when using cygwin mount/umount commands on system mounts > (mount/umount -s ...). I cannot mount novel system mount points (e.g., > mount -s -b C:\\bonga /usr/local) or unmount existing system mount > points (e.g., umount -s /usr/lib). The same is true from the cygwin bash > prompt, from within a cygwin bash script, from the windows command > prompt (C:\cygwin\bin\mount -s ...) or from within a windows .bat file. > > The system is a single-user system, and my identity is that under which > setup.exe was run to install cygwin. > > I have not had this issue with cygwin under XP. > > User mounts (mount/umount -u) work just fine for me on Vista. > > Are system mounts supposed to be unmutable? If so, oh. If not, is > there a work-around, or what have I done wrongly? Try turning off UAC. Otherwise, give your user the ability to add/remove/ update all registry entries. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/