> > $ ls -ld /tmp/foo > > drwxr-xr-x 1 root Administrators 0 Oct 29 20:27 /tmp/foo > > That's a umask thingy. Your umask is probably set to 0022, and per > POSIX, mkdir(2) has to take the umask into account. If you use > mkdir(1) > from coreutils: > > mkdir -m 777 /tmp/foo > > it should create the permissions as desired, though, since mkdir(1) > sets the umask to 0 if the -m option has been given.
Thanks - that is the problem. I don't see umask being set explicitly in /etc/profile on either 1.5.25 or 1.7. Can you please confirm that it's being set explicitly somewhere else for 1.7? Appreciate the help! jim -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
