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Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 22:03:25 -0500
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On 11/08/2014 10:29 AM, Theodore Si wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I just installed cygwin on my Windows 8.1 laptop and I found that
> the result of ls -l is like this:
> -rw-rw-r--  1 Theodore None 0 Nov  8 22:44 a
> And I fond that I am in several groups
> $ groups Theodore
> Theodore : None root Performance Log Users
>
> This raise my curiosity because when I use git, I got some error.
> Then I read this:
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9561759/why-cannot-chmod-in-cygwin-on-windows-8-cp
>
>
> I wonder why I need to use chgrp to make it right? Is this a bug?

No.  It's Windows (same difference? ;-) ).  See:

<https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2014-01/msg00046.html>
<https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2014-01/msg00057.html>


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Larry

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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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