X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 11:51:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Igor Peshansky Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com To: Andrew Kruse cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Fwd: Permissions issue with managed mounts In-Reply-To: <19d068300708021327j56aaaecaqd1702457d086cbe6@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <19d068300708021325s3382d95cybf7bafcfee60d6e4 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <19d068300708021327j56aaaecaqd1702457d086cbe6 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-ID: Content-Disposition: INLINE Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Thu, 2 Aug 2007, Andrew Kruse wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to create a new managed mount point and am running into > some problems. > > The exact command I am running: (after successfully creating both > /usr/.managed/portage and /usr/portage as myself in the cygwin shell) > mount -o managed `cygpath -m /usr/.managed/portage` /usr/portage > > Results in: > > mount: /usr/portage: Permission denied > > attached is the output of cygcheck -svr and also my /etc/passwd and > /etc/group files. I don't know that I have a complete grasp of what > the correct configuration for those files is, but don't understand why > I can create a directory and not subsequently mount it as managed. Try "mount -f -o managed `cygpath -m /usr/.managed/portage` /usr/portage". HTH, Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu | igor AT watson DOT ibm DOT com ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ Igor Peshansky, Ph.D. (name changed!) |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' old name: Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous. -- Frank Herbert -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/