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RE: New error: chmod: changing permissions of `/tmp': Permission denied
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 17:59:26 +0100
- Subject: RE: New error: chmod: changing permissions of `/tmp': Permission denied
----Original Message----
>From: Sean Aitken
>Sent: 17 May 2005 16:42
> Today, I noticed for the first time the following error message appears
> when a non-admin user logs in to cygwin:
>
> --
> chmod: changing permissions of `/tmp': Permission denied
> --
> Should I just ignore this warning? I had this problem with an existing
> install on cygwin, and with a completely fresh install (after mkgroup /
> mkpasswd), it happens also!
> Any ideas would be appreciated. For the time being, I will just ignore
> the error.
I notice from the directory listing that some of the dirs belong to
"Users" yet the home directory belongs to "Domain Users". Looks like you
were logged in as a local user when you installed, but you were logged in as
a domain user when you ran mkpasswd/mkgroup for the first time and the
/etc/skel scripts created the home dirs.
Do domain users have write access rights to your local HD? Did you run
both mkpasswd and mkgroup using *both* the '-l' *and* the '-d' options to
get full listings? What does 'getfacl /tmp' tell you? What does 'cd / ;
cacls tmp' show?
cheers,
DaveK
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