Not sure... :( How does a 777 permission set to the entire C (fake_windows) directory react? (Subfolders included.) Hiji --- Mark Knecht <markknecht@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Trying again. Any ideas on this one? > > Frist sent last Wednesday. No responses so far. > Thanks, > Mark > > > On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 11:02:10 -0700, Mark Knecht > <markknecht@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm playing around with installation of a > number of older, Win > > 98/Win ME era sound programs. One I'm working on > right now comes up > > with what, for me, is sort of a standard problem. > I get a dialog box > > with this message: > > > > "Severe - Unable to create a directory under > C:\PROG~FBU\GSampler. > > Please check write access to this directory." > > > > I'm running the installation from an xterm. The > only thing in the > > xterm seems pretty benign: > > > > flash cdrom $ fixme:dialog:MSGBOX_OnInit task > modal msgbox ! Not modal yet. > > > > The current contents of the GSampler directory > are: > > > > flash mark $ ls c/Program\ Files/GSampler/ > > CD1FileSize.lst > > CD2FileSize.lst > > CD3FileSize.lst > > CRP32DLL.DLL > > CRP9516E.DLL > > CRYP95E.DLL > > DeIsL1.isu > > GS.HLP > > GSEDIT.HLP > > GSEnv.dll > > SCONVERT.HLP > > Sconvert.exe > > VRTKRNLD.vxd > > XCK16DB.EXE > > gs.exe > > gsdll.dll > > gsedit.exe > > midi.drv > > mp3FileSize.lst > > oemFileSize.lst > > > oemFileSize_GetsAppendedToCD1FileSizeForLeOemBuilds.lst > > register.txt > > release.txt > > unstall.dll > > flash mark $ ls c/Program\ Files/GSampler/ > > > > Now, the GSampler directory was created by this > install program. Why > > can't this program create a directory under > GSampler? Permissions look > > like: > > > > flash mark $ ls c/Program\ Files/GSampler/ls -al > c/Program\ Files/ > > ls: c/Program Files/GSampler/ls: No such file or > directory > > c/Program Files/: > > total 36 > > drwxr-xr-x 9 mark users 4096 Oct 20 10:52 . > > drwxr-xr-x 8 mark users 4096 Oct 18 19:05 .. > > drwxr-xr-x 2 mark users 4096 May 26 10:20 Common > Files > > drwxr-xr-x 4 mark users 4096 Oct 18 18:11 Finale > NotePad 2004 > > drwxr-xr-x 2 mark users 4096 Oct 20 10:52 > GSampler > > drwxr-xr-x 3 mark users 4096 Sep 19 15:53 Native > Instruments > > drwxr-xr-x 3 mark users 4096 May 28 07:55 Sonic > Foundry Setup > > drwxr-xr-x 4 mark users 4096 Sep 18 08:59 > Steinberg > > drwxr-xr-x 2 mark users 4096 Sep 18 11:44 > Vstplugins > > flash mark $ > > > > And the Wine threads seemed to be owned by me: > > > > mark .. 10:51 0:11 /usr/bin/wineserver > > mark .. 10:51 0:09 /usr/bin/wine-pthread > E:\_ins0432._mp > > -fS:\SETUP.INS -z1 -cx -xE:\ > > > > What can I do to allow the program to write to > this location??? > > > > Thanks, > > Mark > > > _______________________________________________ > wine-users mailing list > wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx > http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users > ===== M-Halo: It's Electronic Rock - http://www.mhalo.com/ _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
