Files in /etc missing after new install

[Igor Pechtchanski]

Reiner,

Yes, it certainly does look like a permission issue (as I guessed in my
reply to CGF -- I should learn to read all the messages in the thread
before replying).  Since you said you've already reinstalled a couple of
times, and, at a guess, are willing to do so again if needed, as the
simplest course of aciton I'd suggest removing everything under c:\cygwin
(but leaving the directory itself), changing the permissions of that
directory to something more liberal (IMO, read and execute access for at
least "Authenticated Users" or "Users", write access for the owner, and
check the "inherited by children" box), and reinstalling.

Please let the list know if this works, since this kind of problem has
cropped up from time to time, and it's good to have something definite in
the archives.
	Igor
P.S. As suggested in <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-09/msg01722.html>,
this would be a good functionality to have in setup.

On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, BUEHL,REINER (HP-Germany,ex1) wrote:

> /etc/postinstall/base-files-profile.sh.done worked, both other scripts
> mentioned had errors:
>
> /bin/uname: not found
> /bin/cygpath: not found
> Unknown system type ; exiting
>
> and
>
> /bin/mkpasswd: not found
> /bin/mkgroup: not found
>
> Even though all files exist in /bin (with .exe ending). It seems to be a
> permission problem of some kind because if I do a ls -l in /etc I see this:
>
> bash-2.05b$ ls -l /etc
> total 114
> ----------    1 reibuehl mkpasswd     2810 Sep 30 17:05 DIR_COLORS
> d---------   13 reibuehl 4294967295        0 Sep 30 13:54 X11
> ----------    1 reibuehl mkpasswd       28 Sep 30 17:05 bash.bashrc
> d---------    3 reibuehl 4294967295        0 Sep 30 13:52 defaults
> d---------    2 reibuehl 4294967295        0 Sep 30 13:54 fonts
> ----------    1 reibuehl 4294967295     4415 Mar 10  2003 man.config
> ----------    1 reibuehl 4294967295    88039 Sep 16 23:25 moduli
> d---------    2 reibuehl 4294967295        0 Sep 30 17:06 postinstall
> ----------    1 reibuehl mkpasswd     5886 Sep 30 17:05 profile
> d---------    2 reibuehl 4294967295        0 Sep 30 13:53 profile.d
> d---------    2 reibuehl 4294967295        0 Sep 30 13:57 setup
> d---------    2 reibuehl 4294967295        0 Sep 30 17:05 skel
> ----------    1 reibuehl 4294967295    12546 Jul 16 19:27 termcap
>
> Attached is the output of cygcheck -svr.
>
> Best Regards,
> Reiner.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 5:05 PM
> > To: John Morrison
> > Cc: BUEHL,REINER (HP-Germany,ex1); cygwin@cygwin.com
> > Subject: Re: Files in /etc missing after new install
> >
> >
> > Also
> > /etc/postinstall/passwd-grp.sh.done
> >
> > which comes from the "base-passwd" package.
> >       Igor
> >
> > On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, John Morrison wrote:
> >
> > > From a bash prompt
> > > /etc/postinstall/base-files-mketc.sh.done
> > > /etc/postinstall/base-files-profile.sh.done
> > >
> > > should create them, if the files don't exist with a .done extension
> > > then postinstall wasn't called.  If they don't exist then
> > you didn't
> > > install the base-files package.
> > >
> > > J.
> > >
> > > On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, BUEHL,REINER (HP-Germany,ex1) wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I just installed cygwin (Setup.exe v2.415). The installation went
> > > > fine, no errors, but all the files that should have been created
> > > > during the postinstall step are missing. There is no /etc/profile,
> > > > no /etc/passwd, no /etc/group and so on. Can anybody help me to fix
> > > > this? I already reinstalled twice... :-(
> > > >
> > > > Best regards,
> > > > Reiner.

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