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Re: 1.3.22 -> 1.5.10: chmod behavior change


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.
>  
> > Without the benefit of the above, I'm forced to ask whether you set 
> > "smbntsec" in your Cygwin environment variable?
> 
> No.

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)?
There is no need to have such permission to make the file
readonly, but 1.5.10 doesn't take that case into account.

Pierre


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