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Re: 1.3.22 -> 1.5.10: chmod behavior change
On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 03:20:15PM -0700, Jos Backus wrote:
> On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 05:32:28PM -0400, Pierre A dot Humblet wrote:
> > I think I see what the problem is. Is it correct that you do not have
> > permission to change the permissions on that drive (even in the File
> > Properties box)?
>
> I'm not sure what you mean. When I open the Properties of file x, I can change
> its attributes (Read-only in this case) without problems, and Cygwin's ls
> reflects those changes properly. It's just chmod that doesn't work.
Right, but can you change the permissions (Security Tab)?
> This sounds like a 1.5.10 regression, no? I actually saw the opposite problem
> first: files that are -r--r--r-- I cannot chmod +w, whereas I can change them
> using the Properties dialog.
Yes, it's a regression and there is a simple fix.
It will probably be in the next snapshot.
Thanks for the feedback.
Pierre
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