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From: "Gene C. Ruzicka" <gcruzicka AT earthlink DOT net>
To: "Eric M. Monsler" <emonsler AT beamreachnetworks DOT com>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
References: <008b01c17ed7$24338870$7ec6b3d1 AT HUNG> <3C10479E DOT 2069FF1B AT beamreachnetworks DOT com>
Subject: Re: why does cygwin default security setup give EVERYONE access  everywhere?
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 23:23:13 -0800
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric M. Monsler" <emonsler AT beamreachnetworks DOT com>
To: "Gene C. Ruzicka" <gcruzicka AT earthlink DOT net>
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: why does cygwin default security setup give EVERYONE access
everywhere?


> "Gene C. Ruzicka" wrote:
> >
> > my pc uses windows 2000 professional, and my cygwin folder is
> > C:\cygwin . i've been looking into giving co-workers access to
> > the cygwin setup on my pc, but i've noticed something strange:
> > it seems that the default security setup allows EVERYONE full
> > access to the cygwin folder and all subfolders.
>
> Under NT4.0 SP6, when you share a drive onto the network, the default
> seems to be to allow everyone full access.  Not cygwin related.

hmmmm.... i've got lots of software installed on the drive, but i only have
this problem with cygwin.

i'm simply going to change the security settings to something more
appropriately manually. i've already done most of that task.

gene


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