Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Originating-IP: [209.8.184.20] From: "amores perros" To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: (minor) English grammatical revisions to htdocs/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 22:51:17 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Oct 2002 22:51:17.0218 (UTC) FILETIME=[5D786420:01C27954] (minor) English grammatical revisions to htdocs/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html Two files included directly. #1 = ChangeLog entry (I couldn't find any ChangeLog in htdocs, so I followed the format of one from some unrelated project -- feel free to amend it as you wish) #2 = patch file (generated in htdocs subdirectory) -- #1 ----------- (ChangeLog entry) 2002-10-21 Perry Rapp * cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html English grammatical revisions. -- #2 ----------- (patch) Index: cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/cygwin/htdocs/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html,v retrieving revision 1.13 diff -u -p -r1.13 ntsec.html --- cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html 11 Sep 2002 08:36:44 -0000 1.13 +++ cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html 21 Oct 2002 22:45:56 -0000 @@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ set

The two important types of ACEs are the `access allowed ACE' and the `access denied ACE'. The ntsec patch only used `access allowed ACEs' up to Cygwin version 1.1.0. Later versions use `access denied ACEs' as well -to reflect the UNIX permissions as good as possible.

The possible permissions on objects are more detailed than in UNIX. For example, the permission to delete an object is different @@ -437,9 +437,9 @@ well known group with different naming i Outside of domains the group is named 'None' (`Kein' in German, `Aucun' in French, etc.), in domains it is named 'Domain Users'. Unfortunately, the group `None' is never shown in the user admin tool outside of domains! -This is very confusing but it seems that this has no negativ influences.

To work correctly the ntsec patch depends on reasoned files +>To work correctly the ntsec patch depends on having reasonable files /etc/passwd/

Look at the following examples, which were parts of my files before -storing SIDs in /etc/passwd and /etc/group has been introduced (See next +storing SIDs in /etc/passwd and /etc/group had been introduced (see next chapter for details). With the exception of my personal user entry, all entries are well known entries.

As you can see, I've changed my primary group membership from 513 (None) -to 547 (powerusers). So all file I created inside of Cygwin were now owned +>As you can see, I'd changed my primary group membership from 513 (None) +to 547 (powerusers). So all files I created inside of Cygwin would be owned by the powerusers group instead of None. This is the way I liked it.

Groups may be mentioned in the passwd file, too. This has two @@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ COMPACT="COMPACT" ls -l is often better readable.

is often more readable.

  • Note that administrators do not have all that user rights set by default.

    Note that administrators do not have all those user rights set by default.

    Two new Cygwin calls are introduced to support porting setuid applications with a minimum of effort. You only -have to care to give Cygwin the right access token and then you can call +need take care to give Cygwin the right access token and then you can call seteuid \ No newline at end of file +> _________________________________________________________________ Get faster connections -- switch to MSN Internet Access! http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/default.asp -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/