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Subject:	Re: Security Issue with Cygwin
From:	Robert Collins <rbcollins AT cygwin DOT com>
To:	Lambeth Darwin <dlambeth AT darwinsdomain DOT com>
Cc:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com, dlambeth AT starmountain DOT com
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Date:	23 Jan 2003 11:56:19 +1100

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On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 11:48, Lambeth Darwin wrote:
> To whom it may concern;
>=20
> Not sure if you know this or not, but the default configuration with Cygw=
in allows any user to change to any directory on a W2K box and delete whate=
ver files they want. I have installed it with the current default instructi=
ons and was able to logon as a regular domain user and cd to c: and delete =
or add files. That is a major issue. Let me know if there is something I mi=
ssed.

Thats the Microsoft default install that grants those permissions.
Cygwin doesn't affect permissions outside of the cygwin directory tree.

Rob
--=20
GPG key available at: <http://users.bigpond.net.au/robertc/keys.txt>.

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