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From: Pavel Rozenboim <pavelr AT coresma DOT com>
To: cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: found problem in cygwin 1.3.14-1...
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 09:37:36 +0200
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You may need to fix your /etc/passwd file to fix permissions. Backup
/etc/passwd, and run mkpasswd -d -u <username> >> /etc/passwd.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randall R Schulz [mailto:rrschulz AT cris DOT com]
> Sent: Tue, October 29, 2002 6:02 AM
> To: cygwin
> Subject: Re: found problem in cygwin 1.3.14-1...
> Importance: High
> 
> 
> Jason,
> 
> In the command position command completion only includes 
> files with execute 
> permission.
> 
> Since Cygwin 1.3.13, "ntsec" is on by default, when in the 
> past it was off 
> by default. No doubt your files don't have explicit execute 
> permissions.
> 
> You'll need to add explicit execute permissions to ".exe" 
> files and scripts 
> to get them to be expanded by filename completion in the way you want.
> 
> I make a very quick scan of the READLINE section of the BASH 
> manual and 
> didn't see a way around this, but the sub-section 
> "Programmable Completion" 
> might hold an option / answer I didn't notice.
> 
> Randall Schulz
> Mountain View, CA USA
> 
> 
> At 19:26 2002-10-28, you wrote:
> >No more tab in bash shell available.
> >
> >I can't use tab to search programs like shutdown.exe by 
> simply type the 'tab"
> >key after typing "shu" as before:
> >
> >============================================
> >
> >$ ls /bin/sh{TAB]
> >sh.exe        shar.exe      shred.exe
> >sha1sum.exe   showfigfonts  shutdown.exe
> >
> >tsfu AT KIRIN ~/Shared Documents/pub
> >$ shu[TAB]
> >
> >==================================
> >
> >No response at all.
> >
> >I could do so with 1.3.12 or before. In short, the "tab" 
> function of bash no
> >longer works properly as before.
> >
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Jason Fu
> 
> 
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