From: gepr AT swarm DOT com (glen e. p. ropella) Subject: chmod 16 Mar 1998 00:37:08 -0800 Message-ID: <350ABA7B.2CBC6B56.cygnus.gnu-win32@swarm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: gnu-win32 > How do I set /etc up? > > If you want a valid /etc set up (so "ls -l" will display correct user information for example) and if you are running > NT (preferably with an NTFS file system), you should just need to create the /etc directory on the filesystem > mounted as / and then use mkpasswd and mkgroup to create /etc/passwd and /etc/group respectively. Since > Windows 95's Win32 API is less complete, you're out of luck if you're running Windows 95! Can I take this entry from the FAQ to mean that one cannot chmod, chgrp, or successfully use "ls -l" from Win95? My problem is the following: I gunzip/untar a source distribution in which the configure script (and it's subscripts... otherwise I could do a "sh configure") are in mode 644 as opposed to 755. I then try to chmod 755 config* and the chmod program doesn't complain; but, when I then try a ./configure, I get a permission denied. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. glen -- Glen E. Ropella (505) 424-0448 The Swarm Corporation gepr AT swarm DOT com - 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".