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From:	"Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
To:	"Uwe Mayer" <merkosh AT planet-interkom DOT de>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: group names in /etc/passwd, ssh root login & more
Date:	Sat, 8 Feb 2003 13:59:41 -0000
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Uwe Mayer wrote:
> Hallo,
> 
> the cygwin user guide says its a feature that groups can be the owner
> of files. can somebody tell me why this is so when you can set the
> group attributes accordingly?

Because that's how Windows works.

Max.


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