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RE: Directory problems after fresh install of v1.3.22-1
- From: David Balazic <david dot balazic at hermes dot si>
- To: "'cygwin at cygwin dot com'" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 14:53:02 +0200
- Subject: RE: Directory problems after fresh install of v1.3.22-1
> ----------
> From: Igor Pechtchanski[SMTP:pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu]
> Reply To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Sent: 5. avgust 2003 14:46
> To: David Balazic
> Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: RE: Directory problems after fresh install of v1.3.22-1
>
> On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, David Balazic wrote:
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > > > Are you logging
> > > > in as a domain user by any chance?
> > > Yes.
> > > > Are your /etc/passwd and /etc/group up
> > > > to date?
> > > I don't know. What does it mean "up to date" what must be their
> content ?
> > They should have an entry for the user you log in as. Since you
> installed
> > as a different user (admin), mkpasswd will not have put in the entry for
> > the domain user. Try running "x:\cygwin\bin\mkpasswd -u <youruser> -d
> >>
> > passwd" from "x:\cygwin\etc".
>
> You may also need to do "x:\cygwin\bin\mkgroup -d >> group" from
> "x:\cygwin\etc" -- be prepared, it may take a while in large domains.
>
I did this now.
> > > > Please run "c:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe -l /bin/ls" from a cmd.exe
> > > > prompt and post the output.
> > >
> > > It is on drive X:
> > > C:\>x:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe -l /bin/ls
> > > /usr/bin/ls: /bin/ls: No such file or directory
> >
> > Okay, try ".\ls.exe .\ls.exe" from "x:\cygwin\bin"?
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Oops, make that ".\ls.exe -l .\ls.exe"... Sorry.
>
X:\cygwin\bin>.\ls.exe -l .\ls.exe
-rwxrwxrwx 1 ???????? ???????? 68608 Jun 15 2001 .\ls.exe
> Igor
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