Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20010117150728.026c5ee8@pop.ma.ultranet.com> X-Sender: lhall AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 15:08:45 -0500 To: "Shields, Daniel [EQTY]" , "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: Re: Permissions of files on a remote server In-Reply-To: <414A46142DECD211A749002048403D260551D7BD@exchuk07.eu.ssmb. com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 03:00 PM 1/17/2001, Shields, Daniel [EQTY] wrote: >When I try to create files such as: ///// they >end up with permission 000: > >---------- 1 ds83392 Domain U 26 Jan 17 13:17 hat.exe > >And then I cannot chmod them... any ideas how to set the permission to >something usable (eg: 644). > > > >I have: > >* set ntsec (as required(?) to get inetd and friends to work) >* tried setting umask >* used mkpasswd and mkgroup (and put the files in /etc) >* mounted the directory rather than using the UNC >* trawled FAQ/User guide/discussion list. What's your server? Is it using SAMBA or something else? Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple