On Aug 17, 2008, at 2:55 PM, Terence Joseph wrote: > Hi > > I'm trying to install TinyOS 2.1 on Vista home premium (the first > time I've used Vista). After installing cygwin and running it it > comes up with the following: > > Copying skeleton files. > These files are for the user to personalise > their cygwin experience. > > These will never be overwritten. > > `./.bashrc' -> `/home/tg//.bashrc' > `./.bash_profile' -> `/home/tg//.bash_profile' > `./.inputrc' -> `/home/tg//.inputrc' > Your group is currently "mkgroup". This indicates that > the /etc/group (and possibly /etc/passwd) files should be rebuilt. > See the man pages for mkpasswd and mkgroup then, for example, run > mkpasswd -l [-d] > /etc/passwd > mkgroup -l [-d] > /etc/group > Note that the -d switch is necessary for domain users. > > Each time I run it after this the error from "Your group is > currently..." appears. Any ideas what the problems is? Has it > something to do with permissions on Vista? I've tried turning off > antivirus, windows defender and firewall during install but the same > problem still arises. > > Thanks > Terence.
This sounds like a Cygwin question; you might have more luck on their forums. Phil _______________________________________________ Tinyos-help mailing list [email protected] https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tinyos-help
