X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,BOTNET X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-id: <4B881CC8.60704@cygwin.com> Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:11:04 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-to: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: chmod Permission Error with Non-Windows Paths References: In-reply-to: Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 02/26/2010 01:38 PM, Holmberg, Eric wrote: > I'm seeing an "Permission denied" failure when using chmod on a mapped network drive. The problem doesn't occur on the local drive and if I use a Windows-style backslash in the name, it works?! > > CYGWIN_NT-5.1 EHOLMBER-XP 1.7.1(0.218/5/3) 2009-12-07 11:48 i686 Cygwin > > $ echo $CYGWIN > nontsec Here's your problem. > eholmber AT EHOLMBER-XP /cygdrive/b > $ touch test.txt > > $ ls -l test.txt > -rwx------+ 1 eholmber Domain Users 0 2010-02-26 11:16 test.txt > > $ ls -l .\\test.txt > -rw-r--r-- 1 eholmber Domain Users 0 2010-02-26 11:16 .\test.txt > > $ chmod +w test.txt > chmod: changing permissions of `test.txt': Permission denied > > $ chmod +w .\\test.txt > > $ ls -l .\\test.txt > -rw-r--r-- 1 eholmber Domain Users 0 2010-02-26 11:16 .\test.txt > > > Any help is greatly appreciated! We very much prefer to see cygcheck output unedited and *attached*, not appended. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple