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Chris Faylor wrote: > > On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 02:14:59PM -0500, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote: > >I'm left with the impression that the best option is to use the > >writable_directory() call when ntsec is not enabled and skip it when > >it is. Sounds to me like it wreaks havoc on proper ntsec function > >but gets as close to UNIX behavior as possible for nontsec. If this > >is indeed a valid synopsis of the pros/cons of this case, my high level > >view of this conditionalize the use of writable_directory. Did I miss > >some important point? > > I think that I agree with Corinna. I've always had reservations about > this call, too. It's imposing UNIX permissions on NT and limiting > cygwin's ability to do things that a normal windows program can do. > > I think that this is a gratuitous consistency and that it should be > eliminated. If people start noticing problems then we can always put > it back. I want to suggest that I change the function to return always `TRUE'. The actual code can be preserved by a `#if 0' directive for a later (ab)use or until we decide to remove it completely. Corinna
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