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Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 22:05:02 -0500
From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Should the group of my user be None?
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On 11/08/2014 11:17 AM, Theodore Si wrote:
> Shouldn't I be in the group with the same name of my username, like in Linux?

No.  Windows isn't Linux.  Of course, if you want to make a group with your
user name and add your user to that group, Windows will probably let you do
that.  But that's not a convention for user accounts on Windows.


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Larry

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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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