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Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 16:43:11 -0500
From: David Arnstein <arnstein AT panix DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Best Practice for file ownership and permissions?
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I frequently encounter problems due to file ownership and permissions
for the "system" files in /usr, /bin, /sbin/ /etc, and so forth.  For
example, when I type
	su Administrator
cygwin responds
	/usr/bin/su: /bin/bash: Permission denied

I know enough to have done
	mkpasswd -l >/etc/passwd
	mkgroup -l >/etc/group

My CYGWIN variable is
	"ntsec,server"

I use Windows XP and all my filesystems are NTFS.

What is the recommended user.group ownership for the important files
in /bin, /sbin, /usr, /etc, and so on?  What are the recommended
permission bits?
-- 
David Arnstein       
arnstein AT pobox DOT com  

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