Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin <at| cygwin.com| writes: | On Aug 4 16:04, Paul wrote: || Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin <at| cygwin.com| writes: ||| On Aug 4 15:20, Paul wrote: |||| Paul <Paul.Domaskis <at| gmail.com| writes: ||||| At my workplace, I upgraded to Windows 7 Enterprise 32-bit and ||||| installed Cygwin DLL 1.7.9. I can create files/folders in the ||||| c:/cygwin/home/MyUserName subtree, but I can't seem to create ||||| files/folders in my personal filespace on a network drive. My ||||| filespace is mapped to "i:/", which I access as /cygdrive/i . I ||||| own it and have write permission, and I can also create ||||| files/folders in that subtree using Windows Explorer. I had no ||||| problems when I was using Windows XP (and a much older version ||||| of Cygwin). ||||| ||||| What more can I do to troubleshoot the cause? I intend to work ||||| primarily on the network drive because of the safety nets (can ||||| recover lost files). I need cygwin on the local machine because ||||| I need access to it when I'm on the road. |||| |||| Sorry, I neglected to specify that the problem with creating |||| files/folders on the network drive is "Permission denied". I |||| can, however, use "rm -rf" to remove folders. ||| ||| Try the latest developer snapshot from ||| http://cygwin.com/snapshots/ Just exchanging the DLL is enough. ||| It should fix that problem. || || Thanks, Corinna. I'll give it a whirl. || || The workplace is pretty fastidious about the procedure by which || off-site stuff is brought onto the on-site network. Is "exchanging || the DLL" merely overwriting the DLL file with the new one? | | Yes. But keep a copy of the original, just in case.
Works like a charm. Thanks, Corinna. -- 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
