Mail Archives: cygwin/2008/11/11/11:44:31
Barry Kelly wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>
>> No, it's not feasible. If you leave out the Everyone ACE, the
>> permissions are not POSIX-like anymore. Leaving out means that others
>> have no permissions at all. Not even to see the permissions. That's
>> not correct from a POSIX POV.
>
>> Even if others don't have rwx
>> permissions, they need at least FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES and READ_DAC
>> permissions. This requires to have an Everyone ACE.
>
> Why can't we have a security toggle that leaves out the Everyone ACE,
> and the POSIX subsystem interprets failure to read the DACL as no
> permissions?
>
> Cygwin still needs to handle with files created by other users and
> programs that it doesn't have permission to view the permissions of, so
> the second half of this requirement is already present.
>
> I, for one, use Cygwin not primarily as a POSIX emulation layer, but as
> my main Windows user interface. IMHO in this situation, being posixly
> correct is a handicap that Cygwin could do without, at the user's
> choice.
So what about the "nontsec" option doesn't address your need then?
<http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html>
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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