1.3.22 - 1.5.10: chmod behavior change

2004-05-28 Thread Jos Backus
Please consider the following. /z is a CIFS (NetApp) share. 1.3.22: ~ cd /z /z rm -f x /z touch x /z ls -l x -rw-r--r--1 josb mkpasswd0 May 28 12:16 x /z chmod -w x /z ls -l x -r--r--r--1 josb mkpasswd0 May 28 12:16 x 1.5.10: ~ cd /z /z rm -f x /z touch x

Re: 1.3.22 - 1.5.10: chmod behavior change

2004-05-28 Thread Larry Hall
At 03:25 PM 5/28/2004, you wrote: Please consider the following. /z is a CIFS (NetApp) share. 1.3.22: ~ cd /z /z rm -f x /z touch x /z ls -l x -rw-r--r--1 josb mkpasswd0 May 28 12:16 x /z chmod -w x /z ls -l x -r--r--r--1 josb mkpasswd0 May 28 12:16 x

Re: 1.3.22 - 1.5.10: chmod behavior change

2004-05-28 Thread Jos Backus
On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 04:06:43PM -0400, Larry Hall wrote: Please follow the guidelines outlined here for reporting problems: Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Sorry. `cygcheck -s -v -r' output attached. Without the benefit of the above, I'm forced to ask whether you

Re: 1.3.22 - 1.5.10: chmod behavior change

2004-05-28 Thread Pierre A. Humblet
On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 02:14:31PM -0700, Jos Backus wrote: On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 04:06:43PM -0400, Larry Hall wrote: Please follow the guidelines outlined here for reporting problems: Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Sorry. `cygcheck -s -v -r' output attached.

Re: 1.3.22 - 1.5.10: chmod behavior change

2004-05-28 Thread Jos Backus
On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 05:32:28PM -0400, Pierre A dot Humblet wrote: I think I see what the problem is. Is it correct that you do not have permission to change the permissions on that drive (even in the File Properties box)? I'm not sure what you mean. When I open the Properties of file x,

Re: 1.3.22 - 1.5.10: chmod behavior change

2004-05-28 Thread Pierre A. Humblet
On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 03:20:15PM -0700, Jos Backus wrote: On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 05:32:28PM -0400, Pierre A dot Humblet wrote: I think I see what the problem is. Is it correct that you do not have permission to change the permissions on that drive (even in the File Properties box)?

Re: 1.3.22 - 1.5.10: chmod behavior change

2004-05-28 Thread Jos Backus
On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 06:51:30PM -0400, Pierre A dot Humblet wrote: Right, but can you change the permissions (Security Tab)? There is no Security tab :-) I seem to remember that this is a deficiency of the Ontap CIFS implementation. Yes, it's a regression and there is a simple fix. It