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Directory Permissions issue


Running New Cygwin install on vista.

Just would like to know how to change directory permissions for various directories...

Any help appreciated.

Peter@Laptop /usr/lib/perl5
$ ls -l
total 40
dr-xr-x---+ 51 Peter Users 40960 Jul 13 15:18 5.10
dr-xr-x---+  3 Peter Users     0 Jul 13 15:18 site_perl
dr-xr-x---+  3 Peter Users     0 Jul 13 15:18 vendor_perl

Peter@Laptop /usr/lib/perl5
$ chmod 755 5.10
chmod: changing permissions of `5.10': Permission denied



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