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Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 11:39:10 -0400
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On 5/10/2012 8:51 AM, bartels wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have a situation where the uid changes to cyg_server unexpectedly when
> changing PATH:
>
>
> $ ( id; PATH=/cygdrive/c/devkit/msys/1.0.11/bin:/usr/bin:; id )
> UID=1001(pleezy) GID=513(None)
> groepen=513(None),544(Administrators),545(Gebruikers),1000(HomeUsers)
> uid=500(cyg_server) gid=544(Administrators) groups=544(Administrators)
>
>
> The uid 500 is in itself strange, as it does not seem to belong to cyg_server
>
>
> The devkit directory looks normal:
>
> $ ls -l /cygdrive/c/devkit/msys/1.0.11/bin
> totaal 9100
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 pleezy None 105472 25 mrt 2008 a2p.exe
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 pleezy None 162 26 aug 2008 awk
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 pleezy None 16896 26 aug 2008 basename.exe
> . . .
>
> It is causing tremendous problems in file access.
>
> Any ideas?

Yes.  You've changed the tool you're using when you changed your path.
Try '( id; PATH=/cygdrive/c/devkit/msys/1.0.11/bin:/usr/bin:; 
/cygdrive/c/cygiwn/bin/id)'.


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