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Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 00:49:33 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: permissions
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In-Reply-To: <002001c0b946$a757c3d0$c317a580@lanl.gov>; from rick@lanl.gov on Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 11:24:27AM -0700

On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 11:24:27AM -0700, Rick Rauenzahn wrote:
> 
> I guess that ntsec makes all of the files in the cygwin tree have
> permission rwx across the board.  I gather this from reading the

ntsec doesn't set that permissions. Switching ntsec on just show
you what is really set by Windows as the default: Everyone has
all permissions which is equivalent to POSIX perms rwxrwxrwx.

> user's guide about ntsec.  Is this desirable, or should I try to muck
> with it, and set the permissions more like a Unix /usr tree?

That's your choice! Except when playing with sshd, though.

Corinna

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