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 Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 12:25:14 -0700 From: Jos Backus To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: 1.3.22 -> 1.5.10: chmod behavior change Message-ID: <20040528192536.GA89120@lizzy.catnook.com> Reply-To: jos AT catnook DOT com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Please consider the following. /z is a CIFS (NetApp) share. 1.3.22: ~> cd /z /z> rm -f x /z> touch x /z> ls -l x -rw-r--r-- 1 josb mkpasswd 0 May 28 12:16 x /z> chmod -w x /z> ls -l x -r--r--r-- 1 josb mkpasswd 0 May 28 12:16 x 1.5.10: ~> cd /z /z> rm -f x /z> touch x /z> ls -l x -rw-r--r-- 1 josb mkpasswd 0 May 28 12:18 x /z> chmod -w x chmod: changing permissions of `x': Permission denied /z> ls -l x -rw-r--r-- 1 josb mkpasswd 0 May 28 12:18 x /z> It seems that chmod no longer works on network shares. How do I make it work again? Your help is appreciated. -- Jos Backus _/ _/_/_/ Sunnyvale, CA _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ jos at catnook.com _/_/ _/_/_/ require 'std/disclaimer' -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/