Hello Pierre, thanks fort the response.
> Did you upgrade from 1.5 to 1.7.5 or did you go through some 1.7.X? I think I upgraded from 1.5 to 1.7.5 directly. > This problem may be due to the way the groups are computed in Cygwin > 1.7 but there must be something special about your install, otherwise > would see more reports. It's significant that you are on a non-US > system. > > Actually there was a change in Feb 2010 > http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-cvs/2010-q1/msg00109.html > to fix a bug on non-US systems. But this may have caused a bug in your > older Windows 2000 ... I updated cygwin last week - so I think the above change should be considered within of my build. > Could you > - compile and run the attached program > - in a shell, type C:\cygwin\home\adi>cacls c:\WINNT\system32\user32.dll c:\WINNT\system32\USER32.DLL VORDEFINIERT\Benutzer:R VORDEFINIERT\Hauptbenutzer:R VORDEFINIERT\Administratoren:F NT-AUTORITÄT\SYSTEM:F Jeder:R C:\cygwin\home\adi>testcyg.exe ========= testcyg ========== uname -a: CYGWIN_NT-5.0 berenike 1.7.5(0.225/5/3) 2010-04-12 19:07 i686 Cygwin narrow: BuiltIn use 3 res 1 86 79 82 68 69 70 73 78 73 69 82 84 VORDEFINIERT 86 79 82 68 69 70 73 78 73 69 82 84 VORDEFINIERT Admins use 4 res 1 65 100 109 105 110 105 115 116 114 97 116 111 114 101 110 Administratoren 86 79 82 68 69 70 73 78 73 69 82 84 VORDEFINIERT wide: BuiltIn use 3 res 1 86 79 82 68 69 70 73 78 73 69 82 84 VORDEFINIERT 86 79 82 68 69 70 73 78 73 69 82 84 VORDEFINIERT Admins use 4 res 1 65 100 109 105 110 105 115 116 114 97 116 111 114 101 110 Administratoren 86 79 82 68 69 70 73 78 73 69 82 84 VORDEFINIERT ========= the end ========== Thanks in advance Adi -- 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