[PATCH] Remove some dangerous advice from the FAQ
Corinna Vinschen
corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com
Wed Sep 13 21:55:00 GMT 2017
On Sep 2 16:17, Achim Gratz wrote:
> >From f19ff76eb48e82dcc15fd02bc97a503f1f4a3344 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Achim Gratz <Stromeko@Stromeko.DE>
> Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2017 16:14:02 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] Remove some dangerous advice from the FAQ
>
> ---
> winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml | 12 ++++++++----
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml
> index 3917f2d30..b242fbae4 100644
> --- a/winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml
> +++ b/winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml
> @@ -610,16 +610,20 @@ folders that are causing the error. For example, sometimes files used by
> system services end up owned by the SYSTEM account and not writable by regular
> users.</para>
> <para>The quickest way to delete the entire tree if you run into this problem
> -is to change the ownership of all files and folders to your account. To do
> +is to take ownership of all files and folders to your account. To do
> this in Windows Explorer, right click on the root Cygwin folder, choose
> Properties, then the Security tab. If you are using Simple File Sharing, you
> will need to boot into Safe Mode to access the Security tab. Select Advanced,
> then go to the Owner tab and make sure your account is listed as the owner.
> Select the 'Replace owner on subcontainers and objects' checkbox and press Ok.
> After Explorer applies the changes you should be able to delete the entire tree
> -in one operation. Note that you can also achieve this in Cygwin by typing
> -<literal>chown -R user /</literal> or by using other tools such as
> -<literal>icacls.exe</literal>.
> +in one operation. Note that you can also achieve by using other tools such as
> +<literal>icacls.exe</literal> or directly from Cygwin by using
> +<literal>chown</literal>. Please note that you shouldn't use the
> +recursive form of chown on directories that have other file systems
> +mounted under them (specifically you must avoid
> +<literal>/proc</literal>) since you'd change ownership of the files under those
> +mount points as well.
> </para>
> </listitem>
> <listitem><para>Delete the Cygwin shortcuts on the Desktop and Start Menu, and
> --
> 2.14.1
>
Pushed.
Thanks,
Corinna
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Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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