Strange problem - access to directories denied

Tue Mar 6 16:07:00 GMT 2001

This *may* not be related to Cygwin, but it seems to be. I've 
installed two programs recently, Cygwin and an NTP daemon (which has 
been uninstalled with no change.) And I know this isn't much to go on 
- I'm hoping it sparks someone.
I have a habit of creating and deleting some commonly used temp 
directories on my system. Occasionally I will delete one (or many) of 
these directories at a DOS prompt (Win2K Pro, SP1, FAT32), but the 
directory (or just one) will not get removed. From then on, I can not 
cd to the dir (bash, sh, or cmd), nor can I open it in Explorer. 
Whenever creating or deleting these directories I only use DOS 
commands - not Cygwin. But since Cygwin was installed most recently I 
have to look at it as a potential source of the issue.
In bash, the directory looks like:
-r-xr-xr-x 1 administ None 0 Mar 6 18:24 pktemp
Strange, it is a directory, yet no 'd'. DOS reports:
03/06/2001 06:24p <DIR> pktemp
getfacl:
# file: pktemp
# owner: 1000 (me, "Scott", admin equiv)
# group: 513 (administrators)
user::r-x
group::r-x
other::r-x
mask::r-x
Pertinent strace info: ("rmdir pktemp" in bash as administrator)
("chmod 777 pktemp" yields similar. "chown" to administrator succeeds 
happily)
 1134 147362 [main] rmdir 880 symlink_info::check: 
GetFileAttributesA (c:\pktemp) failed
 708 148070 [main] rmdir 880 geterrno_from_win_error: windows 
error 5 == errno 13
 607 148677 [main] rmdir 880 symlink_info::check: 0 = 
symlink.check (c:\pktemp, 0x240F7C9) (0x20)
 941 149618 [main] rmdir 880 path_conv::check: 
GetVolumeInformation(c:\) = OK, full_path(c:\pktemp), set_has_acls(0)
 917 150535 [main] rmdir 880 seterrno_from_win_error: 
/cygnus/netrel/src/cygwin-1.1.7-1/winsup/cygwin/dir.cc:348 errno 5
 923 151458 [main] rmdir 880 geterrno_from_win_error: windows 
error 5 == errno 13
 606 152064 [main] rmdir 880 rmdir: -1 = rmdir (pktemp)
 617 152681 [main] rmdir 880 _write: write (2, 0x240F724, 7)
 584 153265 [main] rmdir 880 fhandler_console::write: 240F724, 7
 574 153839 [main] rmdir 880 fhandler_console::write: at 114(r) 
state is 1
rmdir: 16303 170142 [main] rmdir 880 fhandler_console::write: 7 = 
write_console (,..7)
 715 170857 [main] rmdir 880 _write: 7 = write (2, 0x240F724, 7)
 600 171457 [main] rmdir 880 _write: write (2, 0x240F754, 6)
 570 172027 [main] rmdir 880 fhandler_console::write: 240F754, 6
 568 172595 [main] rmdir 880 fhandler_console::write: at 112(p) 
state is 1
pktemp 706 173301 [main] rmdir 880 fhandler_console::write: 6 = 
write_console (,..6)
 616 173917 [main] rmdir 880 _write: 6 = write (2, 0x240F754, 6)
 603 174520 [main] rmdir 880 _write: write (2, 0x240F724, 19)
 571 175091 [main] rmdir 880 fhandler_console::write: 240F724, 19
 569 175660 [main] rmdir 880 fhandler_console::write: at 58(:) 
state is 1
: Permission denied 719 176379 [main] rmdir 880 
fhandler_console::write: 19 = write_console (,..19)
 607 176986 [main] rmdir 880 _write: 19 = write (2, 0x240F724, 19)
 621 177607 [main] rmdir 880 _write: write (2, 0x6108C2E7, 1)
 577 178184 [main] rmdir 880 fhandler_console::write: 6108C2E7, 1
 567 178751 [main] rmdir 880 fhandler_console::write: at 10(0x20) 
state is 1
 1061 179812 [main] rmdir 880 fhandler_console::write: 1 = 
write_console (,..1)
 632 180444 [main] rmdir 880 _write: 1 = write (2, 0x6108C2E7, 1)
 616 181060 [main] rmdir 880 do_exit: do_exit (1)
 568 181628 [main] rmdir 880 void: 0x0 = signal (20, 0x1)
 566 182194 [main] rmdir 880 void: 0x0 = signal (1, 0x1)
 560 182754 [main] rmdir 880 void: 0x0 = signal (2, 0x1)
 559 183313 [main] rmdir 880 void: 0x0 = signal (3, 0x1)
 708 184021 [main] rmdir 880 proc_terminate: nchildren 0, nzombies 0
 582 184603 [main] rmdir 880 proc_terminate: leaving
 563 185166 [main] rmdir 880 sigproc_terminate: entering
 576 185742 [main] rmdir 880 sigproc_terminate: done
 801 186543 [main] rmdir 880 __to_clock_t: dwHighDateTime 0, 
dwLowDateTime 200288
 613 187156 [main] rmdir 880 __to_clock_t: total 00000000 00000014
 615 187771 [main] rmdir 880 __to_clock_t: dwHighDateTime 0, 
dwLowDateTime 200288
 598 188369 [main] rmdir 880 __to_clock_t: total 00000000 00000014
 580 188949 [main] rmdir 880 _pinfo::exit: Calling ExitProcess 1
Eventually this problem will go away. I'll run one of my batch files 
a day or three later and the dir will be gone. Exactly how or why 
this happens I don't know. Rebooting does solve the problem - upon 
reboot the offending directory no longer exists.
Any hints or comments appreciated.
Thanks,
Scott
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