From: "Brian Wilson" <wilson@ds.net>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Newbie confused about chmod
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:59:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110215175334.M55060@ds.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <30931008.post@talk.nabble.com>
> I cannot chmod files I untarred into a folder and I cannot
> chmod a file I create in cgwin myself.
>
> I understood that you could do this if the file system was NTFS.
> The bottom line is I have an executable that is not executable. In
> addition to solving that though it might be nice to get a better
> understanding.
>
> (snip)
>
> Any help or advice greatly appreciated for this newbie.
>
Just to get rid of the obvious possibilities, check to see who owns the
directory you are in, and what permissions the directory has. If you do not
own the directory, or if you do not have permission to change files in the
directory, even if the file permissions grant you access, you won't be able to
make permission changes.
If you can create the file but you can't chmod it to executable status, there
may be some issue with your overall user access rights.
Brian S. Wilson
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-02-15 17:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-02-15 13:49 hardya
2011-02-15 14:43 ` Thorsten Kampe
2011-02-15 16:52 ` hardya
2011-02-15 17:57 ` Greg Chicares
2011-02-15 18:04 ` Christopher Faylor
2011-02-15 19:27 ` chmod indicates success, but does not succeed hardya
2011-02-15 19:57 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-02-16 0:40 ` hardya
2011-02-16 5:50 ` Andrew DeFaria
2011-02-16 8:57 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-02-16 16:26 ` Christopher Faylor
2011-02-16 22:52 ` hardya
2011-02-15 18:02 ` Newbie confused about chmod Eric Blake
2011-02-15 17:59 ` Brian Wilson [this message]
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