From: szillat AT informatik DOT uni-tuebingen DOT de (Holger Szillat) Subject: Re: CHMOD not changing mode 10 Dec 1998 04:52:20 -0800 Message-ID: <01be237a$89034df0$70090286.cygnus.gnu-win32@student5.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_01B6_01BE2382.EAC7B5F0" To: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01B6_01BE2382.EAC7B5F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi folks, by the way, I saw this behaviour of chmod on my WinNT/Cygnus B20 also = and it still drives me crazy. I tried to make a shell-script executable = and though chmod did not complain, the mode did not change at all. I recently read that the EADATA.SF-file is used by the Cygnus-Tools to = store the stuff associated with a file. Could it be, that this file is = normally not writable for a non-Admin user and therefore the attributes = do not change ?? (Couldn't try it out at my computer yet, so just an = idea ... :-) Bye, Holger Szillat -----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht----- Von: Michael Hirmke An: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Datum: Mittwoch, 9. Dezember 1998 13:50 Betreff: Re: CHMOD not changing mode >Hi Brian, > >[...] >>I am trying to change the mode of a file to 777 using "chmod -v 777 >>output.dat" >>Chmod reports: >>"mode of output.dat changed to 0777 (rwxrwxrwx)" >>But the file mode does not change, as evidenced by an ls -l. >> >>Any tricks or simple solutions? > >Sure you are using the Cygnus chmod ? >This one normally doesn't tell you that it has changed mode. > >> >>Thanks, >> >>Brian > >Bye. >Michael. >-- >Michael Hirmke | Telefon +49 (911) 557999 >Georg-Strobel-Strasse 81 | FAX +49 (911) 557664 >90489 Nuernberg | E-Mail mailto:mh AT mike DOT franken DOT de > | WWW http://aquarius.franken.de/ >- >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". > ------=_NextPart_000_01B6_01BE2382.EAC7B5F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi=20 folks,
by the=20 way, I saw this behaviour of chmod on my WinNT/Cygnus B20 also and it = still=20 drives me crazy. I tried to make a shell-script executable and though = chmod did=20 not complain, the mode did not change at all.
 
I recently read that = the=20 EADATA.SF-file is used by the Cygnus-Tools to store the stuff associated = with a=20 file. Could it be, that this file is normally not writable for a = non-Admin user=20 and therefore the attributes do not change ?? (Couldn't try it out at my = computer yet, so just an idea ... :-)
 
Bye,
Holger=20 Szillat
 
-----Ursprüngliche = Nachricht-----
Von:=20 Michael Hirmke <mh AT mike DOT franken DOT de>
An: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>
Datu= m:=20 Mittwoch, 9. Dezember 1998 13:50
Betreff: Re: CHMOD not changing=20 mode

 
>Hi = Brian,
>
>[...]
>>I=20 am trying to change the mode of a file to 777 using "chmod -v=20 777
>>output.dat"
>>Chmod = reports:
>>"mode=20 of output.dat changed to 0777 (rwxrwxrwx)"
>>But the file = mode=20 does not change, as evidenced by an ls -l.
>>
>>Any = tricks or=20 simple solutions?
>
>Sure you are using the Cygnus chmod=20 ?
>This one normally doesn't tell you that it has changed=20 mode.
>
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Brian=
>
>Bye.
>Michael.
>--
>Michael=20 Hirmke           | = Telefon +49=20 (911) 557999
>Georg-Strobel-Strasse 81 | = FAX     +49=20 (911) 557664
>90489=20 Nuernberg          | = E-Mail =20 mailto:mh AT mike DOT franken DOT de
>&= nbsp;           &n= bsp;           =20 | WWW     http://aquarius.franken.de/
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