Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Originating-IP: [209.8.184.20] From: "amores perros" To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: aclocal wrapper fails because -x check fails (something to do with ntsec ?) Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 23:11:34 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 20 Oct 2002 23:11:34.0648 (UTC) FILETIME=[08B3B780:01C2788E] I tried some searches in the archive ("setup permission", "ntsec", even "gcc exe not executable" hehe), but I don't think I know enough to phrase the correct query to find if this has been discussed. I believe that the aclocal wrapper is failing because the -x check is failing because /usr/autotools/devel/bin/aclocal-1.6 appears under cygwin to have these privileges -rwx------ 1 Administ None so it is not executable to me. However, I can invoke it by path and it works ok. (I mean, I can run /usr/autotool/devel/bin/aclocal directly) So my autogen script is failing b/c the aclocal wrapper (usr/bin/aclocal) is failing -- and I believe it is this line in /usr/bin/aclocal if [ ! -x ${AUTO_DEVEL}/bin/aclocal ] ; then near the end. Background: Windows XP Professional uname -r: 1.3.13(0.62/3/2) I am a user who is not in the NT Administrators group. When I run setup.exe, I fill in its dialog to let it run as the Administrator (after I found that it doesn't work otherwise). Perhaps most developers log in using an account in the Administrators group, and do not experience this problem ? I'm not sure if I should change the NT file permissions of /usr/autotools/devel/bin/aclocal-1.6 (and all the other ones I suppose), or if I should try to use chmod, or if I must add myself to the Administrators group ? Thanks for any pointers. Cordially, Perry PS: I would experiment first with NT file permissions, but rather embarassingly, I haven't been able to figure out how to get to NT file permissions under XP (right-click properties doesn't show a Security tab, and Advanced doesn't show any, and my disk partition *is* NTFS). The fact that the setup program allows me to give it credentials to be an Administrator strongly suggests that I do not in fact need to be an Administator myself to use cygwin ? (Or it ought to just fail & tell me so, I would think.) _________________________________________________________________ Unlimited Internet access -- and 2 months free!  Try MSN. http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/2monthsfree.asp -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/