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Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 10:32:48 -0400
To: Jorge Goncalvez <goncal11 AT col DOT bsf DOT alcatel DOT fr>, cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: Re:chmod issue
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At 08:53 AM 7/24/2001, Jorge Goncalvez wrote:
>Hi, I have a permission denied when I access a file(dhcpd.leases) so I change 
>the rights 
>with chmod a+w dhcpd.leases but it seems to have no effect when I type ls -l the 
>rights are inchanged.
>Why?


Did you see this FAQ entry?

Why doesn't chmod work?
http://www.cygwin.com/faq/faq_4.html#SEC37

If it doesn't address your issue, tell us why not.



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