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Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 16:07:51 +0200
From: Uwe Mayer <merkosh AT planet-interkom DOT de>
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To: Vince Hoffman <Vince DOT Hoffman AT uk DOT circle DOT com>
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Subject: Re[4]: file permissions for /cygdrive/c
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Hallo Vince,

Friday, October 4, 2002, 12:48:58 PM, you wrote:

VH> ahh i missread, sorry i shouldnt try and answer questions before my 3rd
VH> coffee.
VH> changing ownership to another administrator shouldnt make any difference,
VH> but i would have though not giving everyone at least read access to WINNT
VH> would cause problems. (registry etc) although i havent tried it so i could
VH> be wrong.

Do you think that instead of trying to restrict access on /cygdrive/c
in general it would be possible to just deny all access to a user or
group?
Not using Cygwin, but the W2k Security dialog.

I'm even thinking about denying the group 'User'.

Ciao
Uwe                            mailto:merkosh AT planet-interkom DOT de


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