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Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 12:25:14 -0700
From: Jos Backus <jos AT catnook DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: 1.3.22 -> 1.5.10: chmod behavior change
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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.

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Jos Backus                       _/  _/_/_/      Sunnyvale, CA
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