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Subject:  Re: Admin can read user file from bash, despite permissions
Date:  Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:53:37 -0400
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Brian Dessent wrote:
> Gmane User wrote:
> 
>> CACLS shows an extensive set of permissions for the power user owner,
>> but only READ_CONTROL, FILE_READ_EA, & FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES for
>> LaptopName\None and Everyone.  I've come across nothing on the web
>> (yet) about a special privilege that allows administrators the level
>> of access that it seems to have.  In fact, if I just open up a DOS
>> shell as Administrator, I cannot "more" the said file.  So it seems to
>> be specific to Cygwin rather than Windows.
> 
> Um: <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2008-04/msg00218.html>
> 
> This is the relevant part:
> 
>> Cygwin uses this to simulate the unix semantics of "root" (i.e. total
>> access to anything regardless of permissions)


Thanks for reiterating, Brian.


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