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Dick Repasky wrote:
> 
> On Windows Vista Enterprise, I consistently receive "permission denied" 
> errors when using cygwin mount/umount commands on system mounts 
> (mount/umount -s ...).  I cannot mount novel system mount points (e.g., 
> mount -s -b C:\\bonga /usr/local) or unmount existing system mount 
> points (e.g., umount -s /usr/lib). The same is true from the cygwin bash 
> prompt, from within a cygwin bash script, from the windows command 
> prompt (C:\cygwin\bin\mount -s ...) or from within a windows .bat file.
> 
> The system is a single-user system, and my identity is that under which 
> setup.exe was run to install cygwin.
> 
> I have not had this issue with cygwin under XP.
> 
> User mounts (mount/umount -u) work just fine for me on Vista.
> 
> Are system mounts supposed to be unmutable?  If so, oh.  If not, is 
> there a work-around, or what have I done wrongly?


Try turning off UAC.  Otherwise, give your user the ability to add/remove/
update all registry entries.


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