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Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:37:33 -0400
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On 3/28/2011 4:23 PM, world peace wrote:
> Hi Larry,
>
> Thank you for your interest in my question first of all.
>
> When i try to do make or make install, the installer tries to write
> files to a location where I do not have permission and so it reports
> error and exits.
>
> When i check for permissions using ls -l, all the files and folders
> have nothing but blanks.
>
> ----------+ 1 Lab None 1057390384 Feb 15 20:58 test1.txt
> ----------+ 1 Lab None  300573141 Feb 15 21:58 test2.txt
> ----------+ 1 Lab None  645853504 Feb 15 22:09 test3.txt
> d---------+ 1 Lab None          0 Mar 23 14:21 ../
> d---------+ 1 Lab None          0 Mar 28 15:44 ./
>
> In this example, "Lab" is my windows username. Please see if it helps
> at all to understand this situation and any possible solution for me.

I can think of a number of reasons why you see the permissions the way
you are seeing them.  Before I speculate though, I recommend you try a
simple "chmod -R ug+rwx <dir>" where <dir> is the directory on which you
want to change permissions.  If that doesn't work for you, I recommend you
read and follow the problem reporting guidelines found here:

<http://cygwin.com/problems.html>

That will allow anyone on this list to evaluate the basics of your
installation and ask intelligent follow-up questions, if not provide
a solution.

-- 
Larry

_____________________________________________________________________

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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