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B20: chmod @#?!*%


$ umount /
$ mount -b C: /
 Warning: / does not exist!  <-- bit late for that? :)
$ mkdir /etc
$ mkpasswd -l > /etc/passwd
$ mkgroup -l > /etc/group
$ chmod -Rf Administrator /*
$ ls -Fals /
ls: /pagefile.sys: No such file or directory  <-- shouldn't ls -a fix this?
total 97
   2 -rw-r--r--   1 544      Domain U     2157 Nov  3 02:04 .bash_history
   1 -rw-r--r--   1 administ Domain U       20 Nov  3 00:57 .profile
  14 -r-xr-xr-x   1 544      everyone    26800 Oct 14  1996 NTDETECT.COM*
   0 drwxr-xr-x   3 administ Domain U        0 Nov  3 00:35 cygnus/
  --snip--
 (what's '544' ? not an NT group-id or user-id))

$ /.profile
bash: /.profile: No such file or directory

$ chmod +x /.profile

$ /.profile

bash: /.profile: No such file or directory

$ ls -Fals /.profile
   1 -rw-r--r--   1 administ Domain U       20 Nov  3 00:57 /.profile

 .......^..^..^  !! No execute priveliges !!

this all worked in B19.

BTW; thanks everybody for the faster un*xoid tools.
The bug reports are a reflection of users' enthusiasm 8) !

John.

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