From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: chmod and ssh-agent
07 Jan 1999 09:43:30 -0500
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Grant Mills wrote:
> 
> I'm using ssh-1.2.26 under CygWinB20.  I'm trying to get the ssh-agent
> running but it is failing because /tmp/ssh-<user> has permission
> drwxr-xr-x.  Using chmod does nothing, and trying cacls did just as
> much.  Trying mkdir --mode= did nothing as well.  Am I assuming too much
> when I expect the CygWinB20 to behave exactly like a unix?  Am I simply
> missing something?

You're expecting too much.  I just commented out that check in ssh's
sources, and ssh is working fine for me now.