From: cgf AT bbc DOT com (Christopher Faylor) Subject: Re: Unix execute permission in BASH (using SAMBA) 3 Mar 1998 09:38:12 -0800 Message-ID: <Ep7yqD.Aoq.cygnus.gnu-win32@bbc.com> References: <c=GB%a=_%p=Aspect_Telecommu%l=EUEMS2-980302142059Z-1671 AT naems11 DOT aspect DOT com> Reply-To: cgf AT bbc DOT com To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com In article <c=GB%a=_%p=Aspect_Telecommu%l=EUEMS2-980302142059Z-1671 AT naems11 DOT aspect DOT com>, Howe, Peter <Peter DOT Howe AT aspect DOT com> wrote: >I use SAMBA to connect to a Solaris box and am using CYGWIN32 Bash to >access scripts on it. On the Unix machine, a certain script has >executable permissions but when I try to access it via Bash, it does not >have executable permissions and so I am unable to run the script. Try adding "map system = yes" to the entry in smb.conf for the share that you're exporting. That should make every file on the share appear to be executable. It's a bit like using a sledge hammer to drive in a finishing nail, but it's probably the best you can do given the constraints of Windows/SMB. -- http://www.bbc.com/ cgf AT bbc DOT com "Strange how unreal VMS=>UNIX Solutions Boston Business Computing the real can be." - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".