On Apr 28 14:40, Pach Roman (GS-EC/ESA4) * wrote: > Hello, > the following commands run properly on the c:/drive > > c> touch yahoo > c> ls -l yahoo > -rw-rw-rw- 1 ropach mkpasswd 0 Apr 28 13:54 yahoo > > c> chmod -w yahoo > c> ls -l yahoo > -r--r--r-- 1 ropach mkpasswd 0 Apr 28 13:54 yahoo > > but if I try it on the u:/ drive connected over net the following error comes > > u> ls -l yahoo > -rw-r--r-- 1 ropach mkpasswd 0 Apr 28 13:50 yahoo > u> chmod -w yahoo > chmod: changing permissions of `yahoo': Permission denied > > There were no problems up to the version cygwin-1.5.13-1. > The error on my machine is new for the following two versions > cygwin-1.5.15-1 > cygwin-1.5.16-1
Did you verify that the permissions of the share is set to allow write access? If the machine which exports the share you're connecting to is a XP or 2K3 machine, then the default shareing permissions are set to read only. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader mailto:cygwin@cygwin.com Red Hat, Inc. -- 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/