X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,BOTNET,DATE_IN_FUTURE_03_06 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-id: <4B8DAA55.4060701@cygwin.com> Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:16:21 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-to: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: How to delete a file without owner and group? References: <366c6f341003011948m46acfdc7l58a7945e8426bdbb@mail.gmail.com> <4B8CD744.4040103@cygwin.com> 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 On 3/2/2010 11:51 AM, Charles D. Russell wrote: > On 3/2/2010 3:15 AM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >> >> Does >> answer your question? >> > > Is there a short answer, one that does not require understanding how it > all works? One thing I like about Cygwin is that I don't have to learn > anything about Windows. So far I've always been able to get rid of > intractable Windows files using Cygwin with chmod 777 and chown, but > this seems to be an example where that won't work. There might be a "shortcut" solution but that doesn't help in finding the root of the problem. In essence, your '/etc/passwd' and '/etc/group' files don't know the Windows group and user ID (SID). These files are created by '/etc/postinstall/passwd-grp.sh'. Since I don't know how to reproduce what's been reported, I can't offer anything more than WAGs at possible solutions that would cure the symptoms. But I'd prefer to see more information that would help to clarify and resolve the actual problem. Any chance you could file a problem report that might help in that regard? -- 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? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple