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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] TEST RELEASE: Cygwin 1.7.34-003
- From: Marco Atzeri <marco dot atzeri at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 14:21:54 +0100
- Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] TEST RELEASE: Cygwin 1.7.34-003
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On 1/7/2015 2:05 PM, Angelo Graziosi wrote:
Corinna Vinschen wrote:
I released another TEST version of the next upcoming Cygwin release.
The version number is 1.7.34-003.
For almost an year I have used, on Win7 U 64 and Cygwin 64, an USB key (to backup my Cygwin HOME), formatted NTFS, both with Cygwin 1.7.33 (i.e. using /etc/{group,passwd}) and test Cygwin (like 1.7.34 using only a default nsswitch.conf). On this USB key the files and folders had alway owner âangeloâ and group âNoneâ.
Now I reinstalled from scratch Win7 U 64 (the same, only I used an usb bootable instead of CD/DVD), and so reinstalled Cygwin64.
To reinstall Cygwin 64 I did this:
1. Installed the default (next, next,.. in setup-x86_64.exe), i.e. Cygwin 1.7.33
2. I didnât start Cygwin but with Explorer I renamed /etc/group in /etc/group-save and the same for passed.
3. Copied nsswithch.conf from my backups (it contains the default)
4. Restarted setup-x86_64.exe and installed the test release, i.e. Cygwin 1.7.34.
Now on that USB key the files and folders have owner âUnknown+Userâ and group âUnknown+Groupâ. I have also some difficulties in having full control. Sometimes I have to start MinTTY as administrator.
Are all these facts to be expected with 1.7.34 in a new reinstallation of the OS?
If re-installation created new SID's for you machine, than the old SID
stored in the USB STICK file descriptors are not recognized.
Compare the output of /usr/bin/mkpasswd.exe
with a previous copy of /etc/passwd, if available
Or look with windows explorer at "properties->security" for
some of the files in the STICK
For example, when I use that USB key on OS X (which can only read NTFS partitions), the files have owener âangeloâ and group âstaffâ as on my OS X HOME.
To summarize, the same USB key has:
OS OWENER GROUP
Cygwin 1.7.33/34 before OS reinstallation angelo None
Cygwin 1.7.34 after OS reinstallation Unknown+User Unknown+Group
probably chown / chgrp will be helpful
OSX 10.10 angelo staff
Ciao,
Angelo.
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Regards
Marco
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