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On 11/22/2009 11:57 PM, Gregg Levine wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 11:51 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin)
> <reply-to-list-only-lh splat cygwin.com>  wrote:
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>.  Don't feed the spammers.  Thanks.

>> On 11/22/2009 10:43 PM, Gregg Levine wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>> $ /usr/bin/cygserver-config
>>> Generating /etc/cygserver.conf file
>>> chown: changing ownership of `/etc/cygserver.conf': Permission denied
>>>
>>>
>>> Warning: The following function requires administrator privileges!
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>> A good start is either you don't have administrator privileges
>>> or a missing cygrunsrv binary.  Please check for both.
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>> I happen to have both. Cygwin was installed using the defaults on this
>>> laptop who is running Windows Seven and this is the latest of the 1.7
>>> installers.
>>
>> So you started the terminal you're using with "Run as Administrator"?


> Hello!
> Close. The terminal is being run from an account with those
> privileges. I believe however that it may not be able to gain the
> right ones to write into the /etc directory.

Not exactly.  You aren't running with those privileges.  Use "Run as 
Administrator"
from that account so you get the elevated privileges you need.

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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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