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* faq-setup.xml (faq.setup.uninstall): Mention Safe Mode 

requirement for accessing the Security tab in XP Home.
        * faq-using.xml (faq.using.chmod): Mention FAT32.
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2006-08-25 Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin@yahoo.com>
* faq-setup.xml (faq.setup.uninstall): Mention Safe Mode
requirement for accessing the Security tab in XP Home.
* faq-using.xml (faq.using.chmod): Mention FAT32.
2006-08-09 Christopher Faylor <cgf@timesys.com>
* overview2.sgml: Remove inaccurate "full support for windows

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<qandaentry id="faq.setup.uninstall-service">
<question><para>How do I uninstall a Cygwin service?</para></question>
<answer>
<para>If you don't know the name of the service, you can list all
services you have installed with <literal>cygrunsrv -L</literal>. Before
removing the service, you should stop it with
<orderedlist>
<listitem><para>List all services you have installed with
<literal>cygrunsrv -L</literal>. If you do not have
<literal>cygrunsrv</literal> installed, skip this FAQ.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Before removing the service, you should stop it with
<literal>cygrunsrv --stop <replaceable>service_name</replaceable></literal>.
If you have <literal>inetd</literal> configured to run as a standalone
service, it will not show up in the list, but <literal>cygrunsrv --stop inetd</literal>
will work to stop it as well. Lastly, remove the service with
service, it will not show up in the list, but
<literal>cygrunsrv --stop inetd</literal> will work to stop it as
well.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Lastly, remove the service with
<literal>cygrunsrv --remove <replaceable>service_name</replaceable></literal>.
</para>
</para></listitem>
</orderedlist>
</answer></qandaentry>
<qandaentry id="faq.setup.uninstall-all">
<question><para>How do I uninstall <emphasis role='bold'>all</emphasis> of Cygwin?</para></question>
<answer>
<para>Setup has no automatic uninstall facility. The recommended method to remove all
of Cygwin is as follows:
</para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem><para>First remove all Cygwin services by repeating the instructions
in <ulink
<listitem><para>If you have any Cygwin services running, remove by repeating
the instructions in <ulink
url="http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.setup.html#faq.setup.uninstall-service" /> for
all services that you installed. Common services that might have been
installed are <literal>sshd</literal>, <literal>cron</literal>,
@ -420,12 +426,14 @@ services end up owned by the SYSTEM account and not writable by regular users.
<para>The quickest way to delete the entire tree if you run into this problem is to
change the ownership of all files and folders to your account. To do this in
Windows Explorer, right click on the root Cygwin folder, choose Properties, then
the Security tab. Select Advanced, then go to the Owner tab and make sure your
account is listed as the owner. Select the 'Replace owner on subcontainers and
objects' checkbox and press Ok. After Explorer applies the changes you should
be able to delete the entire tree in one operation. Note that you can also
achieve this in Cygwin by typing <literal>chown -R user /</literal> or by using other tools
such as CACLS.EXE.
the Security tab. If you are using Windows XP Home or Simple File Sharing,
you will need to boot into Safe Mode to access the Security tab. Select
Advanced, then go to the Owner tab and make sure your account is listed as
the owner. Select the 'Replace owner on subcontainers and objects' checkbox
and press Ok. After Explorer applies the changes you should be able to
delete the entire tree in one operation. Note that you can also achieve
this in Cygwin by typing <literal>chown -R user /</literal> or by using other
tools such as <literal>CACLS.EXE</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>Delete the Cygwin shortcuts on the Desktop and Start Menu, and anything

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</answer></qandaentry>
<qandaentry id="faq.using.chmod">
<question><para>Why doesn't chmod work?</para></question>
<question><para>Why doesn't <literal>chmod</literal> work?</para></question>
<answer>
<para>The most common case is that your <literal>/etc/passwd</literal>
@ -288,6 +288,10 @@ or <literal>/etc/group</literal> files are not properly set up. If
or <literal>mkgroup</literal>, you need to run one or both of those
commands.
</para>
<para>If you're using FAT32 instead of NTFS, <literal>chmod</literal>
will fail since FAT32 does not provide any security. You might consider
converting the drive to NTFS with <literal>CONVERT.EXE</literal>.
</para>
<para>For other cases, understand that Cygwin attempts to show UNIX
permissions based on the security features of Windows, so the Windows
ACLs are likely the source of your problem. See the Cygwin User's
@ -398,7 +402,6 @@ lines to your <literal>~/.inputrc</literal> file and restart <literal>bash</lite
set output-meta on
set input-meta on
set kanji-code sjis
set meta-flag on
</screen>
<para>These are options to the <literal>readline</literal> library, which you can read