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Base-files 3.4-1: Problems for users with Non-Admin. priv.


When loging as user without admn. priv. 
(e.g.: owner= Graziosi, group= Users)
the standard bash shell (cygwin.bat) says:

   chmod: changing permissions of `/tmp': Permission denied

This is caused by

if [ -d "/tmp" ]; then
	chmod 1777 /tmp
fi

in /etc/profile.

It assign the permission "t" to /tmp but this was already a problem
with xorg-x11-xwin-6.8.2.0-1 and org-x11-xwin-gl-6.8.2.0-1.
The next, 6.8.2.0-2, was released exactly to fix that problem.
The solution was to not assign the "t" permission to /tmp and 
to whatever it contans! 

See:
<http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2005-04/msg00076.html>
<http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2005-04/msg00054.html>
<http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2005-04/msg00053.html>
<http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2005-04/msg00050.html>
<http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2005-04/msg00049.html>
<http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2005-04/msg00048.html>

angelo.


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