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Subject: Re: Readonly
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 10:24:02 -0500
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If you
chmod 511 /bin/bash.exe and run
bash.exe
you will encounter same capabilities as executing
bash.exe --restricted
There is a correlation between the 2 operations but I'm smart enough to say
I don't understand what the bash binary is doing with --restricted flag.
Thanks,
Martin Gainty
----- Original Message -----
From: "Igor Pechtchanski" <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
To: "Martin Gainty" <mgainty AT hotmail DOT com>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: Readonly


> Huh?  My "solution" just makes the bash executable read-only.  How does
> that help?
> Igor
>
> On Tue, 16 Mar 2004, Martin Gainty wrote:
>
> > My 1st solution was to start bash.exe --restricted
> > but your solution accomplishes the same objective.
> > Thank You,
> > Martin
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Igor Pechtchanski" <pechtcha<at>cs<dot>nyu<dot>edu>
> > To: "Martin Gainty" <mgainty<at>hotmail<dot>com>
> > Cc: <cygwin<at>cygwin<dot>com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 9:18 AM
> > Subject: Re: Readonly
> >
> >
> > > On Tue, 16 Mar 2004, Martin Gainty wrote:
> > >
> > > > Folks
> > > > How do I setup Cygwin BASH for Readonly mode?
> > > > Many Thanks,
> > > > Martin Gainty
> > >
> > > "chmod 511 /bin/bash".  :-)
> > >
> > > If that's not what you meant, you'll need to state your question more
> > > clearly.  Try re-reading <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>.
> > > Igor
>
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