Thanks for your reply, the problem has been resolved, details below and in my previous reply to Erik.
> -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com] On > Behalf Of Achim Gratz > Sent: Monday, August 22, 2016 7:37 PM > To: cygwin@cygwin.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