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File created in cygwin cannot be found
Setup: Cygwin on Windows 8 64bit. UAC enabled.
Scenario: I run cygwin without administrator privilege. I go to a directory and create a new file. Turns out I don't have write access to this ...
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cygwin default group permissions
I'm have trouble to setup permissions on a cygwin enviroment.
the command chmod dont work fine.
Example
by default the permissions in all directories are
drwxrwxr-x+ 1 myuser None ~
Whenever I ...
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How can I delete the cygwin folder on my c drive?
I have a folder called C:\cygwin. How can I delete this folder.
It says I need permission from the administrator. However I am logged in as administrator.
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How can I make files I check out with git on Windows writable by default in Cygwin?
I'm developing on Windows and I prefer to run git and build commands from the Windows command line, but I also enjoy using cygwin sometimes when I want to just explore the project repository using my ...
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strange permission error involving ssh, Cygwin, Windows 7, and .sh files
I am new to Cygwin, ssh, and messing with file permissions and have a problem. On computer WORKER1, I am attempting to ssh into computer WORKER2 and then running a .sh file on WORKER1 from there. From ...
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How to get Cygwin Permissions in Windows 7
I had installed Cygwin, then later deleted my Windows 7 account and recreated the account with the same name. Now I am having trouble editing files in my Cygwin folder or creating new folders/files. ...
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Using git through cygwin on windows 8
I've got a windows 8 dev preview (not sure if it's relevant, but I never had this hassle on w7) machine and I'm trying to clone a git repo from github.
The problem is that my ~/.ssh/id_rsa has 440 ...
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Why does cygwin's scp set the permssions to 000 when copying to Linux?
When I'm copying files from my Windows box to a Linux box using cygwin's scp, the permissions come out as 000. This doesn't happen when I copy from Linux to Linux, so I'm thinking it's related to some ...
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How can I change permissions of the Cygwin folder in Windows 7?
Every time I want to change permissions through explorer I get an access denied error, and I'm using an administrator account.
What I need is to add an script to the /bin directory, but I'm not ...
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Permission denied when running Emacs from Cygwin console
When I run Emacs from the Cygwin console I get the following error message:
bash: /usr/bin/emacs/ :Permission denied
I have not changed any settings. I tried to change the autosave settings in ...
