Den 2019-12-26 22:00, skrev Andrey Repin: > Greetings, Enrique Perez-Terron! Thanks. [snip] > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html See attached cygcheck.out, unaltered. > In particular, show "mount" output and check that you don't have > /etc/{passwd,group} files Heidi@panter ~ $ mount C:/cygwin64/bin on /usr/bin type ntfs (binary,auto) C:/cygwin64/lib on /usr/lib type ntfs (binary,auto) C:/cygwin64 on / type ntfs (binary,auto) C: on /cygdrive/c type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) Heidi@panter ~ $ /bin/ls -ld /etc/{passwd,group} /bin/ls: klarte ikke å åpne '/etc/passwd': No such file or directory /bin/ls: klarte ikke å åpne '/etc/group': No such file or directory ("klarte ikke å åpne" = "Could not open") Looking around for other symptoms/non-symptoms Heidi@panter ~ $ cmd /C 'dir /Q C:\Users\Heidi\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps' Volume in drive C is Acer Volume Serial Number is 3A2C-1A76 Directory of C:\Users\Heidi\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps 26.12.2019 19.18 PANTER\Heidi Backup 13.12.2019 22.52 0 PANTER\Heidi excel.exe 13.12.2019 14.28 0 PANTER\Heidi GameBarElevatedFT_Alias.exe 26.12.2019 19.25 0 PANTER\Heidi idle.exe 26.12.2019 19.25 0 PANTER\Heidi idle3.8.exe 26.12.2019 19.25 0 PANTER\Heidi idle3.exe 12.11.2019 20.45 PANTER\Heidi Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe 13.12.2019 22.52 PANTER\Heidi Microsoft.Office.Desktop_8wekyb3d8bbwe 13.12.2019 14.28 PANTER\Heidi Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay_8wekyb3d8bbwe 12.11.2019 20.45 0 PANTER\Heidi MicrosoftEdge.exe 13.12.2019 22.52 0 PANTER\Heidi msaccess.exe 13.12.2019 22.52 0 PANTER\Heidi msosync.exe 13.12.2019 22.52 0 PANTER\Heidi msouc.exe 13.12.2019 22.52 0 PANTER\Heidi msoxmled.exe 13.12.2019 22.52 0 PANTER\Heidi mspub.exe 13.12.2019 22.52 0 PANTER\Heidi outlook.exe 26.12.2019 19.25 0 PANTER\Heidi pip.exe 26.12.2019 19.25 0 PANTER\Heidi pip3.8.exe 26.12.2019 19.25 0 PANTER\Heidi pip3.exe 13.12.2019 22.52 0 PANTER\Heidi powerpnt.exe 13.12.2019 22.52 0 PANTER\Heidi protocolhandler.exe 26.12.2019 19.25 0 PANTER\Heidi python.exe 26.12.2019 19.25 0 PANTER\Heidi python3.8.exe 26.12.2019 19.25 0 PANTER\Heidi python3.exe 26.12.2019 19.25 PANTER\Heidi PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_qbz5n2kfra8p0 26.12.2019 19.25 0 PANTER\Heidi pythonw.exe 26.12.2019 19.25 0 PANTER\Heidi pythonw3.8.exe 26.12.2019 19.25 0 PANTER\Heidi pythonw3.exe 13.12.2019 22.52 0 PANTER\Heidi sdxhelper.exe 13.12.2019 22.52 0 PANTER\Heidi selfcert.exe 13.12.2019 22.52 0 PANTER\Heidi winword.exe 26 File(s) 0 bytes 5 Dir(s) 156 728 102 912 bytes free Heidi@panter ~ $ ls -l /cygdrive/c/Users/Heidi/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps totalt 12K drwx------+ 1 Heidi Ingen 0 des 26 19:18 Backup/ -rwxr-x--- 1 Unknown+User Unknown+Group 0 des 13 22:52 excel.exe* -rwxr-x--- 1 Unknown+User Unknown+Group 0 des 13 14:28 GameBarElevatedFT_Alias.exe* -rwxr-x--- 1 Unknown+User Unknown+Group 0 des 26 19:25 idle.exe* -rwxr-x--- 1 Unknown+User Unknown+Group 0 des 26 19:25 idle3.8.exe* -rwxr-x--- 1 Unknown+User Unknown+Group 0 des 26 19:25 idle3.exe* drwx------+ 1 Heidi Ingen 0 nov 12 20:45 Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe/ drwx------+ 1 Heidi Ingen 0 des 13 22:52 Microsoft.Office.Desktop_8wekyb3d8bbwe/ drwx------+ 1 Heidi Ingen 0 des 13 14:28 Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay_8wekyb3d8bbwe/ -rwxr-x--- 1 Unknown+User Unknown+Group 0 nov 12 20:45 MicrosoftEdge.exe* -rwxr-x--- 1 Unknown+User Unknown+Group 0 des 13 22:52 msaccess.exe* -rwxr-x--- 1 Unknown+User Unknown+Group 0 des 13 22:52 msosync.exe* -rwxr-x--- 1 Unknown+User Unknown+Group 0 des 13 22:52 msouc.exe* -rwxr-x--- 1 Unknown+User Unknown+Group 0 des 13 22:52 msoxmled.exe* -rwxr-x--- 1 Unknown+User Unknown+Group 0 des 13 22:52 mspub.exe* -rwxr-x--- 1 Unknown+User Unknown+Group 0 des 13 22:52 outlook.exe* -rwxr-x--- 1 Unknown+User Unknown+Group 0 des 26 19:25 pip.exe* -rwxr-x--- 1 Unknown+User Unknown+Group 0 des 26 19:25 pip3.8.exe* -rwxr-x--- 1 Unknown+User Unknown+Group 0 des 26 19:25 pip3.exe* -rwxr-x--- 1 Unknown+User Unknown+Group 0 des 13 22:52 powerpnt.exe* -rwxr-x--- 1 Unknown+User Unknown+Group 0 des 13 22:52 protocolhandler.exe* -rwxr-x--- 1 Unknown+User Unknown+Group 0 des 26 19:25 python.exe* -rwxr-x--- 1 Unknown+User Unknown+Group 0 des 26 19:25 python3.8.exe* -rwxr-x--- 1 Unknown+User Unknown+Group 0 des 26 19:25 python3.exe* drwx------+ 1 Heidi Ingen 0 des 26 19:25 PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_qbz5n2kfra8p0/ -rwxr-x--- 1 Unknown+User Unknown+Group 0 des 26 19:25 pythonw.exe* -rwxr-x--- 1 Unknown+User Unknown+Group 0 des 26 19:25 pythonw3.8.exe* -rwxr-x--- 1 Unknown+User Unknown+Group 0 des 26 19:25 pythonw3.exe* -rwxr-x--- 1 Unknown+User Unknown+Group 0 des 13 22:52 sdxhelper.exe* -rwxr-x--- 1 Unknown+User Unknown+Group 0 des 13 22:52 selfcert.exe* -rwxr-x--- 1 Unknown+User Unknown+Group 0 des 13 22:52 winword.exe* I suspect it's Windows 10 playing some games. Are the files here some kind of junctions/symbolic links? Why do all the files have zero bytes? Heidi@panter ~ $ cmd /C 'dir /A C:\Users\Heidi\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps' Volume in drive C is Acer Volume Serial Number is 3A2C-1A76 Directory of C:\Users\Heidi\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps 26.12.2019 19.25 . 26.12.2019 19.25 .. 26.12.2019 19.18 Backup 13.12.2019 22.52 0 excel.exe 13.12.2019 14.28 0 GameBarElevatedFT_Alias.exe 26.12.2019 19.25 0 idle.exe 26.12.2019 19.25 0 idle3.8.exe 26.12.2019 19.25 0 idle3.exe 12.11.2019 20.45 Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe 13.12.2019 22.52 Microsoft.Office.Desktop_8wekyb3d8bbwe 13.12.2019 14.28 Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay_8wekyb3d8bbwe 12.11.2019 20.45 0 MicrosoftEdge.exe 13.12.2019 22.52 0 msaccess.exe 13.12.2019 22.52 0 msosync.exe 13.12.2019 22.52 0 msouc.exe 13.12.2019 22.52 0 msoxmled.exe 13.12.2019 22.52 0 mspub.exe 13.12.2019 22.52 0 outlook.exe 26.12.2019 19.25 0 pip.exe 26.12.2019 19.25 0 pip3.8.exe 26.12.2019 19.25 0 pip3.exe 13.12.2019 22.52 0 powerpnt.exe 13.12.2019 22.52 0 protocolhandler.exe 26.12.2019 19.25 0 python.exe 26.12.2019 19.25 0 python3.8.exe 26.12.2019 19.25 0 python3.exe 26.12.2019 19.25 PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_qbz5n2kfra8p0 26.12.2019 19.25 0 pythonw.exe 26.12.2019 19.25 0 pythonw3.8.exe 26.12.2019 19.25 0 pythonw3.exe 13.12.2019 22.52 0 sdxhelper.exe 13.12.2019 22.52 0 selfcert.exe 13.12.2019 22.52 0 winword.exe 26 File(s) 0 bytes 7 Dir(s) 156 728 201 216 bytes free I'm not sure if DIR /A is reliable in this context. A different approach: Heidi@panter ~ $ locate python3.8.exe | xargs -d '\n' /bin/ls -l -rwxrwx---+ 1 SYSTEM SYSTEM 226888 des 26 19:25 '/cygdrive/c/Program Files/WindowsApps/PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_3.8.496.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0/python3.8.exe' -rwxr-x--- 1 Unknown+User Unknown+Group 0 des 26 19:25 /cygdrive/c/Users/Heidi/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps/python3.8.exe -rwxr-x--- 1 Unknown+User Unknown+Group 0 des 26 19:25 /cygdrive/c/Users/Heidi/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps/PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_qbz5n2kfra8p0/python3.8.exe So here is finally a file with a positive byte count. Heidi@panter ~ $ ls -l '/cygdrive/c/Program Files/WindowsApps' ls: klarte ikke å åpne mappa '/cygdrive/c/Program Files/WindowsApps': Permission denied (Could not open the folder ...) Running mintty as Administrator, I do get... [snip many other directories, a few owned by TrustedInstaller, most by SYSTEM] drwxrwx---+ 1 SYSTEM SYSTEM 0 des 26 19:25 PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_3.8.496.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0/ [snip] Yet it does not work to run python in the elevated bash. This python was installed using Microsoft Store. I will probably have to revert to the regular download from python.org However, it remains interesting that I can run this python from an un-elevated cmd, not from mintty/bash, not even if elevated. Update: I tried this in an elevated mintty/bash: Heidi@panter ~ $ fsutil.exe reparsepoint query 'C:\Users\Heidi\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\python3.exe' Reparse Tag Value : 0x8000001b Tag value: Microsoft Reparse Data Length: 0x000001b6 Reparse Data: 0000: 03 00 00 00 50 00 79 00 74 00 68 00 6f 00 6e 00 ....P.y.t.h.o.n. 0010: 53 00 6f 00 66 00 74 00 77 00 61 00 72 00 65 00 S.o.f.t.w.a.r.e. 0020: 46 00 6f 00 75 00 6e 00 64 00 61 00 74 00 69 00 F.o.u.n.d.a.t.i. 0030: 6f 00 6e 00 2e 00 50 00 79 00 74 00 68 00 6f 00 o.n...P.y.t.h.o. 0040: 6e 00 2e 00 33 00 2e 00 38 00 5f 00 71 00 62 00 n...3...8._.q.b. 0050: 7a 00 35 00 6e 00 32 00 6b 00 66 00 72 00 61 00 z.5.n.2.k.f.r.a. 0060: 38 00 70 00 30 00 00 00 50 00 79 00 74 00 68 00 8.p.0...P.y.t.h. 0070: 6f 00 6e 00 53 00 6f 00 66 00 74 00 77 00 61 00 o.n.S.o.f.t.w.a. 0080: 72 00 65 00 46 00 6f 00 75 00 6e 00 64 00 61 00 r.e.F.o.u.n.d.a. 0090: 74 00 69 00 6f 00 6e 00 2e 00 50 00 79 00 74 00 t.i.o.n...P.y.t. 00a0: 68 00 6f 00 6e 00 2e 00 33 00 2e 00 38 00 5f 00 h.o.n...3...8._. 00b0: 71 00 62 00 7a 00 35 00 6e 00 32 00 6b 00 66 00 q.b.z.5.n.2.k.f. 00c0: 72 00 61 00 38 00 70 00 30 00 21 00 50 00 79 00 r.a.8.p.0.!.P.y. 00d0: 74 00 68 00 6f 00 6e 00 00 00 43 00 3a 00 5c 00 t.h.o.n...C.:.\. 00e0: 50 00 72 00 6f 00 67 00 72 00 61 00 6d 00 20 00 P.r.o.g.r.a.m. . 00f0: 46 00 69 00 6c 00 65 00 73 00 5c 00 57 00 69 00 F.i.l.e.s.\.W.i. 0100: 6e 00 64 00 6f 00 77 00 73 00 41 00 70 00 70 00 n.d.o.w.s.A.p.p. 0110: 73 00 5c 00 50 00 79 00 74 00 68 00 6f 00 6e 00 s.\.P.y.t.h.o.n. 0120: 53 00 6f 00 66 00 74 00 77 00 61 00 72 00 65 00 S.o.f.t.w.a.r.e. 0130: 46 00 6f 00 75 00 6e 00 64 00 61 00 74 00 69 00 F.o.u.n.d.a.t.i. 0140: 6f 00 6e 00 2e 00 50 00 79 00 74 00 68 00 6f 00 o.n...P.y.t.h.o. 0150: 6e 00 2e 00 33 00 2e 00 38 00 5f 00 33 00 2e 00 n...3...8._.3... 0160: 38 00 2e 00 34 00 39 00 36 00 2e 00 30 00 5f 00 8...4.9.6...0._. 0170: 78 00 36 00 34 00 5f 00 5f 00 71 00 62 00 7a 00 x.6.4._._.q.b.z. 0180: 35 00 6e 00 32 00 6b 00 66 00 72 00 61 00 38 00 5.n.2.k.f.r.a.8. 0190: 70 00 30 00 5c 00 70 00 79 00 74 00 68 00 6f 00 p.0.\.p.y.t.h.o. 01a0: 6e 00 33 00 2e 00 38 00 2e 00 65 00 78 00 65 00 n.3...8...e.x.e. 01b0: 00 00 30 00 00 00 ..0... I downloaded junction.exe from sysinternals, but... Heidi@panter ~ $ junction 'C:\Users\Heidi\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\python3.exe' Junction v1.07 - Creates and lists directory links Copyright (C) 2005-2016 Mark Russinovich Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com C:\Users\Heidi\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\python3.exe: UNKNOWN MICROSOFT REPARSE POINT So I did a quick perl hack: $ fsutil.exe reparsepoint query 'C:\Users\Heidi\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\python3.exe' | perl -ne '/^\d/ || next; for(/\b([0-9a-f]{2})\b/g) {print chr(hex($_)) if hex($_)>31;}' PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_qbz5n2kfra8p0PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_qbz5n2kfra8p0!PythonC:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_3.8.496.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\python3.8.exe0 Greetings from Enrique Perez-Terron