X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_40 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 10:24:17 +0100 From: Vincent Richomme To: Andrey Repin Subject: Re: R: Question about cygwin installation and folder permissions In-Reply-To: <61937822.20101129020448@mtu-net.ru> References: <815077.49338.qm@web25503.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <1187400578.20101128010744@mtu-net.ru> <61937822.20101129020448@mtu-net.ru> Message-ID: X-Sender: forumer@smartmobili.com User-Agent: RoundCube Webmail/0.2 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 > Greetings, Vincent Richomme! > >>>> run setup and choose the directory you want >>> >>>> the default proposal is c:\cygwin >>> >>> To add: >>> Strongly advised against paths with spaces or national letters. >>> > >> Again I was not very clear I don't want to know how to install cygwin >> because even a monkey can do it. >> No what I want to know is in the installer how do you change folder >> permissions, what kind of API, is it done by the installer or by some post >> install script... > > Erm, wat? Sorry, but I quite don't understand, what the end-result you want? > Cygwin is installed in userspace. You could even install it in your profile > directory (assuming you're on Vista/W7). > >> Where can I find cygwin installer sources if it's done by it. >> Actually I built a custom installer for msys/mingw-w64 and when I >> install it in C:/Developer/MaxGW, if I run it without permissions I cannot >> create new folder : > >> mkdir: cannot create directory `/home': Permission denied >> cp: cannot create regular file `/home/Vincent/.inputrc': No such file >> or direry >> bash: cd: /home/Vincent: No such file or directory > > Then you don't have permissions to write to that folder. > >> It means I usually have to run my application using administrator >> rights but I don't like to do this. >> Cygwin seems to allow user to create folder inside its installation >> path so I would like to know how it's possible. > > Sorry my, is this question regarding Cygwin, or msys? > Forget my question because it's not the right place here but my remark about README is related to cygwin. So I don't care but it wouldn't hurt to update your document. -- 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