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* chmod @ 2003-11-12 4:18 Lorenzo Travaglio 2003-11-12 14:58 ` chmod Igor Pechtchanski 2003-11-12 16:55 ` chmod Brian Ford 0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Lorenzo Travaglio @ 2003-11-12 4:18 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Cygwin list Hi all, I've sent to myself from my office a little bash program. With Xterm it is impossible to change the peremissions even if 'chmod -v' says that new permissions have take place. I have no idea about, do you have one? Thank you ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: chmod 2003-11-12 4:18 chmod Lorenzo Travaglio @ 2003-11-12 14:58 ` Igor Pechtchanski 2003-11-12 16:55 ` chmod Brian Ford 1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Igor Pechtchanski @ 2003-11-12 14:58 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Lorenzo Travaglio; +Cc: cygwin, cygwin-xfree Lorenzo, This doesn't seem to be XFree-related, so the proper list is <cygwin at cygwin dot com>. I've redirected this there. More replies inline below. On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Lorenzo Travaglio wrote: > Hi all, > I've sent to myself from my office a little bash program. With Xterm it is > impossible to change the peremissions even if 'chmod -v' says that new > permissions have take place. I have no idea about, do you have one? > > Thank you The FAQ is your friend: <http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#SEC45> However, that entry is missing one important bit: if you're on a FAT32 filesystem, you're out of luck as well. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ igor@watson.ibm.com |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: chmod 2003-11-12 4:18 chmod Lorenzo Travaglio 2003-11-12 14:58 ` chmod Igor Pechtchanski @ 2003-11-12 16:55 ` Brian Ford 2003-11-13 23:38 ` chmod Lorenzo Travaglio 1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Brian Ford @ 2003-11-12 16:55 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Cygwin list, Lorenzo Travaglio On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Lorenzo Travaglio wrote: > I've sent to myself from my office a little bash program. With Xterm it is > impossible to change the peremissions even if 'chmod -v' says that new > permissions have take place. I have no idea about, do you have one? > You mean you can change the permissions in a bash console window with chmod, but not with chmod from an Xterm? More likely, you are running an NT variant at work and 9x at home? See: http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_toc.html#TOC45 and http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/highlights.html#OV-HI-PERM In that case, this is not Xfree86 related, so next time please use the main cygwin@cygwin.com mailing list. Also, see: http://www.cygwin.com/problems.html for how to report this issue correctly so that someone can answer without guessing. Thanks. -- Brian Ford Senior Realtime Software Engineer VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems FlightSafety International Phone: 314-551-8460 Fax: 314-551-8444 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: chmod 2003-11-12 16:55 ` chmod Brian Ford @ 2003-11-13 23:38 ` Lorenzo Travaglio 2003-11-14 0:37 ` chmod Brian Ford 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Lorenzo Travaglio @ 2003-11-13 23:38 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin-xfree The only interface with Cygwin that actually works is the bash console, I'm sorry for the mistake. Looking at the sae file with Windows Explorer it is possible, however, to change the attributes, but not with chmod, That's looks strange, but I didn't found any way to solve the problem. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Ford" <ford@vss.fsi.com> To: "Cygwin list" <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>; "Lorenzo Travaglio" <lorenzo.travaglio@fastwebnet.it> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 5:55 PM Subject: Re: chmod > On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Lorenzo Travaglio wrote: > > > I've sent to myself from my office a little bash program. With Xterm it is > > impossible to change the peremissions even if 'chmod -v' says that new > > permissions have take place. I have no idea about, do you have one? > > > You mean you can change the permissions in a bash console window with > chmod, but not with chmod from an Xterm? > > More likely, you are running an NT variant at work and 9x at home? See: > > http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_toc.html#TOC45 and > http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/highlights.html#OV-HI-PERM > > In that case, this is not Xfree86 related, so next time please use the > main cygwin@cygwin.com mailing list. Also, see: > > http://www.cygwin.com/problems.html > > for how to report this issue correctly so that someone can answer without > guessing. Thanks. > > -- > Brian Ford > Senior Realtime Software Engineer > VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems > FlightSafety International > Phone: 314-551-8460 > Fax: 314-551-8444 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: chmod 2003-11-13 23:38 ` chmod Lorenzo Travaglio @ 2003-11-14 0:37 ` Brian Ford 2003-11-15 5:49 ` chmod Lorenzo Travaglio 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Brian Ford @ 2003-11-14 0:37 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin-xfree, Lorenzo Travaglio On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Lorenzo Travaglio wrote: > The only interface with Cygwin that actually works is the bash console, I'm > sorry for the mistake. Looking at the sae file with Windows Explorer it is > possible, however, to change the attributes, but not with chmod, That's > looks strange, but I didn't found any way to solve the problem. > Ugh. Again, what OS and what filesystem, and: * http://www.cygwin.com/problems.html * > Brian Ford wrote: > > More likely, you are running an NT variant at work and 9x at home? See: > > > > http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_toc.html#TOC45 and > > http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/highlights.html#OV-HI-PERM > > > > In that case, this is not Xfree86 related, so next time please use the > > main cygwin@cygwin.com mailing list. Also, see: > > > > http://www.cygwin.com/problems.html > > > > for how to report this issue correctly so that someone can answer without > > guessing. Thanks. > > > -- Brian Ford Senior Realtime Software Engineer VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems FlightSafety International Phone: 314-551-8460 Fax: 314-551-8444 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: chmod 2003-11-14 0:37 ` chmod Brian Ford @ 2003-11-15 5:49 ` Lorenzo Travaglio 0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Lorenzo Travaglio @ 2003-11-15 5:49 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin-xfree > Ugh. Again, what OS and what filesystem, and: Sorry. Win98. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
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