X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:from:to:subject:date:message-id:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :mime-version; q=dns; s=default; b=QN2XHb0b3x3gnDSzHPIWU4hgN40kp Zpb8YtO7ni03yfQKjIl7BjfuuW7FWNA4KJ8roBD1j2d0+rvbK3oHMVp5/ZHl7lYC WLB/iHunpzl04cgR5ppnH9hcS3FHJcK3J7hLhGI/vNmp3gHyuVZJXbscx4RUzgcA ejThZkHR184dHA= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:from:to:subject:date:message-id:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :mime-version; s=default; bh=IwB1GpCg9S10Bc2gSFd00+f4jWM=; b=I+1 +wyQtcPkHK4NspkbwLPJj2iRBoNCu6olZnM6iBSbEnk4Blq0Cd3BAA5aaBcMOTyL pqp1ffpqK73uADVMtvTosPbOOMrdV/zTGd0wQ4HdgyU491kof5+WIiAGzvg+VexC jUW2vI88rd6o1KA5Sf5OQ2CMa0+sp45MSiBMao6E= 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=4.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,CYGWIN_OWNER_BODY,MIME_BASE64_BLANKS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=Translation, Behalf, Translations, amesto X-HELO: relay02.telecomputing.no From: Andreas Wettergren To: "cygwin AT cygwin DOT com" Subject: RE: Trouble installing to UNC path and/or mapped network drive Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 14:30:10 +0000 Message-ID: References: <87lgzovh65 DOT fsf AT Rainer DOT invalid> In-Reply-To: <87lgzovh65.fsf@Rainer.invalid> x-ms-exchange-transport-fromentityheader: Hosted x-tm-as-matchedid: 147014-150567-701625-704425-700685-700107-702020-703747-7 01618-139010-139006-704287-711993-106660-702131-701499-850104-703731-110462 -700756-700398-709908-701993-700869-706249-707654-862883-701394-702942-7091 37-139504-703148-701236-701914-701513-705450-700300-705098-702157-707078-70 0752-863828-703366-702801-702143-705388-709584-121548-705861-703468-710972- 188199-139704-700486-705651-701674-704410-700040-700108-700057-148004-14813 3-20043-42000-42003 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-IsSubscribed: yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from base64 to 8bit by delorie.com id u7NEUf9a032715 Thanks for your reply, the problem has been resolved, details below and in my previous reply to Erik. > -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com] On > Behalf Of Achim Gratz > Sent: Monday, August 22, 2016 7:37 PM > To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com > Subject: Re: Trouble installing to UNC path and/or mapped network drive > > Andreas Wettergren writes: > > I’m running this as a network user that has full read & write access > > to the target directory and subdirectories. This user is also a > > member of the local administrator group. > […] > > I’ve tried to run the setup to an empty network path (no prior cygwin > > files, just an empty directory) as well, with identical results. > > Nothing gets written to this directory. > > I think the problem is either the local administrator group (sometimes local > administrators are expressedly forbidden to do anything on the > network) or your network user cannot change the DACL on the network > share (another common setup in large organizations). > Yes, it was something like this (I haven't pinpointed the exact cause yet), running the setup as the network administrator seem to have done the trick. > > I’ve also tried to run the install to a local drive on my computer. > > This works as expected, no problems. > > You could try to move / copy that installation to the network share, then. > I had this in mind as something to try, but I wasn't sure if anything in the installation might get incorrect paths or similar. > > Finally, this sort of install routine has apparently worked in the > > past, my colleague tells me this is the way he has updated our Cygwin > > environment before. It’s possible he did something slightly > > differently to what I have done this time though. > > Or meanwhile some new security policy got installed that throws a spanner in > the works. If your colleague is still able to update Cygwin, you'll know it's > some sort of access right you're missing and can work it out from there. > Correct, it was some sort of permissions issue, possibly related to underlying Samba problems (see my reply to Erik for details). I think this Cygwin account I was using was created for a different purpose (updating a specific in-house program inside Cygwin), and the full install scenario had not been tested before. Thanks for your suggestions, much appreciated! Andreas Wettergren Translation Support Amesto Translations > > Regards, > Achim. > -- > +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk > Blofeld]>+ > > Samples for the Waldorf Blofeld: > http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#BlofeldSamplesExtra > > -- > 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