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On Feb 25 02:49, lemkemch@t-online.de wrote: > On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 02:35:50 +0100 Andrey Repin wrote: > >>>>>>> The result of chown I can see in Windows Explorer as the Owner but where is the group information? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> ItÃs over on the Security tab of the same window youÃre looking at: ÃGroup or user namesÃ. > >>>>> > >>>>>I just remembered that that tab isnÃt always visible. If youÃre running a Ãhomeà version of Windows, thereÃs a pretty good chance you donÃt even see this tab. > >>> > >>>> Thanks for that. I first thought that's it. I am on XP Pro so this > >>>> doesn't seem to apply. I do see the security tab > >>>> if that is what you mean. But the 'Group or user names' box only selects > >>>> for which user/group I want to modify > >>>> the permissions, doesn't it? I don't want to modify or look at permissions. > >>> > >>>> I am actually looking for the information I see in ls -l as the group, i.e. column #4. > >>> > >>>> I am trying to fix a completely hosed file system and seem to have quite a > >>>> bit of trouble with that... Something's still missing. > >>> > >>>If you mean Cygwin system, reinstall would be a faster way. > > > >> Unfortunately, it's the whole PC, which is also the reason why I have to use this terrible webmailer, sorry. > > > >Then there's an article on Microsoft KB explaining the way to re-initialize > >the default permissions on system folders. > > > >However, this is an off-topic here. > > > > Absolutely. So let's stick to this question: > > How to do the equivalent of chgrp with Windows means? Not with Windows on-board tools, and it shouldn't even be necessary. The primary group entry has *no* relevance for native Windows tools, thus its setting is irrelevant. What really counts is the owner and the DACL. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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