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From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>, "Francis Litterio" <franl AT world DOT std DOT com>
References: <u1y5iocz3 DOT fsf AT world DOT std DOT com>
Subject: Re: What is the W2K equivalent of "chgrp groupname file"?
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 23:00:35 -0000
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Francis Litterio <franl AT world DOT std DOT com> wrote:

> I just upgraded to a Cygwin 1.3.15-2, and I'm using ntsec-style
> security with NTFS for the first time.  This has me wondering about
> group ownership of files, specifically:
>
> What is the W2K equivalent of the command "chgrp groupname file"?
>
> Using Explorer, I can change the user that owns a file or directory,
> but I see no way to change the group owner.  Is "group ownership"
> really a feature of NTFS or is it faked by Cygwin?

I believe, but have not checked, that it is a feature of NTFS - just that
Windows doesn't actually use it for anything much, just defaulting it to
'None' or 'SYSTEM'.

Max.


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