No, that didn't occur to me - and it seems to work. How does the permission system work?!
Thank you very much for the info. Dennis Andrew Louie wrote: > > dsacks <dennis <at> calico-consulting.com> writes: > >> > >> >> wait, if I try to vi /etc/sshd_config now I cannot write it, because it >> is >> owned by SYSTEM and has restrictive rights. >> >> How do I edit system files now? I don't really grok the permission world >> in >> cygwin and how unixy permissions and users map to windows. > > Did you try chown your_user_id /etc/sshd_config ? to change the ownership > to you > so you can edit it? > > > > > > > > -- > 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/ > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/system-account-files-mystery-tf2733714.html#a7627966 Sent from the Cygwin Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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/