Question : chmod not working on cygwin

I'm running cygwin and I change the protections with chmod but nothing happens? What do I need to do?


$ ls -l
total 2
-rw-r--r--    1 Administ None         1675 May 17 14:48 fsmake13

$ chmod -v u+x fsmake13
mode of `fsmake13' changed to 0744 (rwxr--r--)

$ ls -l
total 2
-rw-r--r--    1 Administ None         1675 May 17 14:48 fsmake13

$ whoami
Administrator

Answer : chmod not working on cygwin

You have to set your CYGWIN environment variable to "ntsec" or "ntea", depending on whether you use NTFS or FAT32. See the Cygwin FAQ entry on this for more info:

http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_4.html#SEC45