----- Original Message ----- > From: Bruce Halco > To: cygwin > Cc: > Date: 2016/7/2, Sat 06:28 > Subject: Can't Delete Home Directory - Unknown+User:Unknown+Group > > I don't know how this happened, and it was probably self-inflicted, but one > of the home directories in a new cygwin install has wound up owned by > Unknown+User and Unknown+Group, with permissions 750. > > Opening the cygwin window "As Administrator" will not allow me to > remove the directory or change ownership, with "Permission denied" > > Attempts to take ownership in windows also fail with permission errors. > That's normal in my experience. > > This is installed on Win7 Pro 64-bit. > > I've done quite a few cygwin installs and rarely had more than minor > problems. I'd have no objection to wiping this install and starting over, > but of course I'm stuck at the "wipe" part. > > Thanks for any suggestions. Similar thing happened to me on windows 10. I executed $ cygstart --action=runas rm (dir name) solved the issue. HTH Tatsuro
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