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Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 11:42:01 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: Win2k owner and Administrators
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On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 02:52:23PM -0700, Noel Yap wrote:
> Does anyone know how to solve or workaround when,
> being in the group Administrators, one creates a file
> from a non-Cygwin program, the file is owned by
> Administrators.  Such ownership can cause problems
> when, for example, umask is set to 027 (as I do),
> making these newly created files and directories
> read-only to me even though I was the one who created
> them.

I don't know if that's already available on W2K but at least on XP:

Open the appropriate "Security Policy" MMC snap-in.  In the object
tree on the left side search for the "Security Options" object.
In the list window on the right side you'll find a setting
"System objects: Default owner for objects created by members of
 the Administrators group".  This knows two settings, "Administrators
group" and "Object creator".  Perhaps you'll have to reboot.

Corinna

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