On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:48:39 -0600 baykusderki wrote: > OK, try this: > > chown root:root /var/empty > > > > Although, mine is owned by SYSTEM, so if that doesn't work, try: > > > > chown SYSTEM:root /var/empty > > > > > I tried both and got errors. it complained that there was no such > user or group named root. So i tried "chown SYSTEM /var/empty" and it > did not work. ... > The passwd file lists these users properly as far as I can tell.
Is SYSTEM in /etc/passwd? If not, I think that's a problem. Even if it's there, maybe it's wrong. I would try the mkpasswd command to recreate your passwd file (and might as well mkgroup to recreate the /etc/group file). They both write to stdout so you have to redirect them: mkpasswd > /etc/passwd -- 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
