Max, On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 11:58:07AM +0100, Max Bowsher wrote: > Jason Tishler wrote: > > Is there any way to solve this problem without me adding a > > postinstall script that performs a "chmod +rx" on all *.exe and > > *.dll files installed by this packages? >> Yes. PTC for setup. Would the following patch or an extension to it help? http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2003-04/msg00127.html > Please please please don't add this kind of postinstall script. OK, I won't. However, I've been getting hammered by this problem for some time. IIRC, since XP was released. Unfortunately, the following README blurb doesn't seem to help: 4. Cygwin PostgreSQL can fail to start or not function properly if certain files and directories have incorrect permissions. The following usually solves these kinds of problems: $ chmod a+rwx /tmp $ chmod a+rx /usr/bin /usr/bin/* Jason -- PGP/GPG Key: http://www.tishler.net/jason/pubkey.asc or key servers Fingerprint: 7A73 1405 7F2B E669 C19D 8784 1AFD E4CC ECF4 8EF6 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/