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Subject: RE: Cygwin Installation Problems on Windows Vista
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2007 03:23:17 +0100
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On 08 April 2007 03:01, Kevin Hilton wrote:

> Here are the two files I found broken on the installation:
> gnuplot.sh
> postinstall-ec-fonts-mftraced.sh

  How did you verify whether they are actually broken, or were just taking so
long to run that you thought they were stuck?
 
> And just for kicks
> How do I manually change the passwd and group files.  Although under
> windows Im listed as an administrator, cygwin states my group as none.
>   And Im unable to chmod chgroup these two files.  Never had this
> problem with XP.

http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#mkpasswd
http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#mkgroup

  Also http://cygwin.com/problems.html


    cheers,
      DaveK
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