How to check the permissions and change them? Thanks.
Regards, Jayant -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Korn Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 5:38 PM To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: RE: Cygwin 1.5.16 (0.128/4/2): - mkpasswd (249) : [5] Access denied error while running mkpasswd / mkgroup command ----Original Message---- >From: Moghe, Jayant >Sent: 14 June 2005 12:25 > We have Cygwin 1.5.16 and is installed on Windows 2000 server. > > When I run command > >> mkpasswd -l -d > /etc/passwd > Or >> mkgroup -l -d > /etc/group, > > I get the following error message > > mkpasswd (249) : [5] Access denied Assuming the perms on the files are ok (they should usually be -rw-rw-rw-, which would give network security palpitations if they knew about it....!), perhaps you have a cygwin service running that is keeping them locked open? cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/