On 17 August 2010 20:12, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote: > Corinna Vinschen sent the following at Tuesday, August 17, 2010 4:49 AM >>On Aug 17 06:52, Andy Koppe wrote: >>> On 17 August 2010 02:26, Buchbinder, Barry wrote: >>> > $ bash --norc --noprofile /etc/postinstall/mintty.sh >>> > /bin/mkdir: cannot create directory `/c/Documents and Settings/All >>> > Users/Start Menu/Programs/Cygwin': Permission denied >>> > mkshortcut: Saving "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start >>> > Menu\Programs\Cygwin\mintty.lnk" failed; does the target directory exist? >>> > /bin/chmod: cannot access `/c/Documents and Settings/All Users/Start >>> > Menu/Programs/Cygwin/mintty.lnk': No such file or directory echo $? >>> > 1 >>> >>> Hmm, the test at the top of the script is meant to avoid that, by >>> checking whether the 'All Users/Start Menu/Programs' folder is >>> writable. Any idea why that's saying yes when apparently it isn't >>> writable? >> >>I tried your script and it works fine for me. If I'm running as admin in >>a UAC-restricted shell, the test fails as expected. >> >>The problem is, we don't know anything about your environment, Barry. >>cygcheck output as requested by http://cygwin.com/problems.html would be >>helpful, perhaps. > > Attached.
Thanks. > Please note: > > $ cygcheck -s -v -r > cygcheck.out > /usr/bin/cygrunsrv: warning: OpenService failed for 'TapiSrv': Win32 error 5 > Access is denied. > >>As is getfacl/cacls output for the "/c/Documents and >>Settings/All Users/Start Menu/Programs" directory. > > $ getfacl '/c/Documents and Settings/All Users/Start Menu/Programs' > # file: /c/Documents and Settings/All Users/Start Menu/Programs > # owner: BBuchbinder > # group: Domain Users > user::rwx > group::r-x > other:r-x > mask:rwx Hmm, so you've got 'rwx' permissions on that directory yet you can't create a directory in it. That just leaves me puzzled. > $ cacls 'C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs' > C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs > BUILTIN\Administrators:(OI)(CI)F > CREATOR > OWNER:(OI)(CI)(IO)F > NT > AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(OI)(CI)F > BUILTIN\Users:(OI)(CI)R Not knowing enough about ACLs: does the BUILTIN\Users, which says read-only, override the CREATOR OWNER entry, which grants full access? >>> Is there a proper way for a postinstall script to find out whether >>> it's an install for all users or "Just Me"? >> >>Hmm, afaik no. >> >>You could try to write to All Users first and if that fails, write to >>the user's own Programs. Sounds like the way to go (for the moment anyway), especially now that mkshortcut correctly reports success. >>But, maybe we should define a couple of useful, installation-specific >>arguments for postinstall scripts and change setup accordingly? I think that would be useful. Looking at the source in script.cc, the Cygwin root is passed as a variable already. > I should have started by saying that, as a practical matter, this > is not a problem for me. I have a minty shortcut and renaming > /etc/postinstall/minty.sh to /etc/postinstall/minty.sh.done stops > the error message from coming up. Yep, that's the right workaround. > And thanks for this upgrade of setup. For some time now the > "pending" view had the same two empty packages appear each time > I ran setup. Very annoying. Now, they no longer show up. Dave Korn fixed that one. A relief indeed. Andy -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
