X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <45453F71.5040309@tlinx.org> Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 15:55:29 -0800 From: Linda Walsh User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Windows/20060909) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Cygwin NTFS permission listing oddness. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 I was messing with my theme libs and noted the following differences in how CYGWIN displays the attributes and Groups: -rwx------+ 1 Administrators None 214K Aug 7 2004 uxtheme.dll* -rwxrwx---+ 1 Administrators SYSTEM 214K Aug 4 2004 uxtheme.dll-old* -rwxrwx---+ 1 Administrators Administrators 214K Aug 4 2004 uxtheme.old* They all seem to have the same file attribs: /windows/system32> attrib ux\* A C:\windows\system32\uxtheme.dll A C:\windows\system32\uxtheme.dll-old A C:\windows\system32\uxtheme.old More importantly, they all seem to have the same ACL's attached: /windows/system32> xcacls uxtheme\* C:\windows\system32\uxtheme.dll BUILTIN\Administrators:F BUILTIN\Power Users:C NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:F BUILTIN\Users:R C:\windows\system32\uxtheme.dll-old BUILTIN\Administrators:F BUILTIN\Power Users:C NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:F BUILTIN\Users:R C:\windows\system32\uxtheme.old BUILTIN\Administrators:F BUILTIN\Power Users:C NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:F BUILTIN\Users:R ---------- "CYGWIN" has value "notitle glob:ignorecase export" (so no special security settings). I thought Cygwin derived it's user/group/permissions from the NT security settings. Is this not the case? Thanks, -linda -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/