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Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 17:35:02 -0500
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On 12/30/2013 2:23 PM, Nellis, Kenneth wrote:
> From: bartels
>> On 12/30/2013 06:16 AM, Nithin Kurien wrote:
>>> When I type the following sequence of commands:
>>>
>>> cd ~; mkdir sample; chmod -R 0700 sample; stat -c "%a %u %g" sample;
>>> rm -rf sample; mkdir sample; chmod -R 0755 sample; stat -c "%a %u %g"
>>> sample
>>>
>>> the output is:
>>>
>>> 770 1001 513
>>> 775 1001 513
>>>
>>> Why is chmod not working?
>>>
>>> OS: Windows 8 Pro 64-bit
>>> Cygwin Setup.exe Version: 2.831 (32-bit)
>> That looks fine to me.
>> What do you expect?
> Presumably because when the OP asked for 700 he got 770, and when
> he asked for 755 he got 775.

The groups magically changing reminds me of the group setuid ("sticky") 
bit being set.  Try a "ls -ld ~" and see what's up with your home 
directory.  And maybe open up your home directory permissions from 
Windows Explorer and see if there are special object inherit options 
coming from parent directories that might be affecting it (if not using 
windows pro, "cd; cacls .")


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