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Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 19:23:16 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: New error: chmod: changing permissions of `/tmp': Permission denied
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On May 20 17:59, Dave Korn wrote:
> >From: Sean Aitken
> > chmod: changing permissions of `/tmp': Permission denied
> 
>   I notice from the directory listing that some of the dirs belong to
> [...]

This is just the problem with chmod in the base-files package.
Upgrade to base-files 3.4-2 using setup.


Corinna

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