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Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 19:56:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: hayward AT slothmud DOT org
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Subject: Re: Please Help - Problems installing cygwin...
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Brian,

The main issue is what should be done *before* setup runs, rather than
after everything is installed.  If you manually create c:\cygwin and give
it the correct permissions (*not* inherited, owned by Administrators, full
permissions to owner, read/execute by everyone else), you should be able
to install everything and get a working version of Cygwin.  Perhaps the
thread starting at <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-09/msg01827.html>
would also be helpful.
	Igor

On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 hayward AT slothmud DOT org wrote:

> Just an update.  I tried it again, downloading packages again this time.
> So far, the latest version of cygwin has only worked on one Win2K system
> for me, it has failed on three others.
>
> On the other three, I am logging into a system that is part of a domain.
>
> I ruled out "PATH" being a problem by making sure the PATH for the one
> that DID work was moved to one that did not work.
>
> If we cannot figure out why these systems are not working, can someone
> help by explaining what exactly the installer should be doing after the
> binaries are laid down, so I can do it manually to get cygwin working?
> E.g. how are permissions on the system supposed to be set?  Other than the
> post-install scripts, what else should I check to see if setup
> accomplished it properly?
>
> Thank You,
> Brian Hayward
>
> On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 hayward AT slothmud DOT org wrote:
>
> >
> >I just installed cygwin and none of the post-install scripts work after
> >install.  I've tried having the cygwin\bin directory at both the front and
> >the end of the path.
> >
> >After installing cygwin, I found the following details:
> >1) First time running the shell, threw me to "/usr/bin" when I did a pwd.
> >2) I tried re-running the base-files-mketc.sh.done script - it failed with
> >"/bin/uname not found".  Then I tested "/bin/uname" from the command line
> >and it worked fine.  Then instead of running "sh base-files-mketc.sh.done"
> >I ran "bash base-files-mketc.sh.done" and it worked fine.
> >
> >Then I tried to run the rest of the postinstall scripts in the same
> >fashion, before they would work I had to add /usr/bin and /bin to the
> >FRONT of the path.  (Otherwise it found the DOS "find" program instead of
> >the Unix "find" program.
> >
> >After all of the postinstall scripts worked successfully, I exited the
> >cygwin shell and started it again.  I then got "/etc/profile permission
> >denied"
> >
> >ls -l /etc revealed that all files were owned by the default user and
> >group that installed it.  Many permissions were as if someone did a
> >chmod 0 on them.
> >
> >Does anyone have suggestions?  I suspect it may be the path, but I'm not
> >sure.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Brian Hayward

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