On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 03:09:44PM -0700, Fish wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I (Fish) wrote: > > > Just thought I'd throw this into the mix too in case it might help: > > > > > > I *do* have Microsoft's "Virtual PC" product installed on my system > > (and already have a couple of test Windows 2000 systems setup under > > it), so if there's any type of "experimentation" scenario[1] you or > > anyone else would like me to try in order to try and get to the > > bottom of this issue, I'd be more than happy to do it. > > <footnote n/a, so snipped> > > Well, I just tried doing a fresh (first time) install on a "virgin", > up-to-date (fully patched) Windows 2000 [Virtual PC] system, and > guess what? > > > I doesn't work. :( > > (manual cygcheck -v -c -s o/p attached)
setup is a Windows program. The files it creates have the inheritable permissions of the parent directory. For new installations, all permissions are inherited from the top install folder (typically c:\). In your case, it looks like some directories (like /bin) have OK inheritable permissions, while others (like /etc) don't. In addition to the properties menu, you can quickly visualize permissions with the Windows "cacls" program. Pierre -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/