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Subject: Re: Update for the "Why doesn't chmod work?" section of the FAQ?
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On 3/2/06, Christopher Faylor  wrote:
> The current FAQ has this entry:
>
>   4.15.         Why doesn't chmod work?

I checked in this, but didn't update the website:

The most common case is that your /etc/passwd or /etc/group files are
not properly set up. If ls -l shows a group of mkpasswd or mkgroup,
you need to run one or both of those commands.

For other cases, understand that Cygwin attempts to show UNIX
permissions based on the security features of Windows, so the Windows
ACLs are likely the source of your problem. See the Cygwin User's
Guide at http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html for more
information on how Cygwin maps Windows permissions.

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