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Terrence Brannon wrote:

> my /etc/passwd and /etc/group files have been created, but the user

What commands did you use to create these files?  If you are a domain
user you will need to specify -c or -d.

> "terrence" is not in them and so chmod is still not working:

The reason that chmod isn't working is because your home directory is on
a network share and you don't have smbntsec set.

> /etc/group, /etc/passwd, and cygcheck -srv output is attached
> ...
> HOME = '/cygdrive/u'
> ...
> u:  net NTFS    704913Mb  38% CP CS UN PA FC     Data

Brian

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