"Elfyn McBratney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió en el mensaje 027f01c2d217$7522c950$15fe86d9@webdev">news:027f01c2d217$7522c950$15fe86d9@webdev... > > Maybe is a permits probem / thing?? > > > > fortune> whoami > > javier > > > > I have reinstalled the software, and I see that the install program has > > given the files over to Administ.Ninguno ("Administrator / None" in > > spanish) ... but I am logged as "Javier" both in Cygwin and under > > windows, and am a member of the Administrators group?! > > > That'll be the problem then, as only Administrator has permission to r(ead), > w(rite) or (e)x(ecute) the file. If you reset the permissions, so that > either you are the owner or you have permissions to read/and or write if you > need to, on the files fortune should behave normally. >
Yes, I did chmod +r the files in the dir, and now I can get my fortunes all right ;) Thanks for the tip ;:) What I find somewhat troubling is that the install program assigns the files to the Adminstrator user?? I mean, shouldn't setup.exe run as "My" user (the same one I am on Windows? ) Just a thought... Javier > Regards, > > Elfyn McBratney > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.exposure.org.uk > > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/