X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-RZG-AUTH: :KG0SfETmd/55bSarYSJgwI+Iuho+dmriAET02FbxHfH5Wq24EeswIqWI4Q== X-RZG-CLASS-ID: em00 Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:33:58 +0200 (MEST) Message-Id: <201008121233.o7CCXwQl009772@post.webmailer.de> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: "David Law" Subject: Re: CygWin Security & Performance Issues X-Abuse: 59408 / 217.6.95.140 X-RZG-MBID: 1GDJeZU5ML2+yk8KKCAB5FAKcYkKv79K7lQE/1Xh2n8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Did anyone have any thoughts about the security side of the question: do I have more, less or exactly the same rights? Best regards, DaveLaw ----- original message -------- Subject: CygWin Security & Performance Issues Sent: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 From: David Law > Hello List, >=20 > about 18 months ago we recommended cygwin as a unix-like > environment for a Windows 2003 Server to our Admin. >=20 > This was turned down on the grounds that it did not satisfy > the security requirements of our organisation. (unfortunately > I don't know the details as I wasn't involved in the process) >=20 > Instead, the "Subsystem for Unix-based Applications" was chosen. >=20 > I am now trying to port a fairly simple shell script to SUA > and find massive performance problems: under cygwin the script > runs for about 20 minutes on my notebook, but under SUA it takes > about 2 days on our Zillion-core 2003 Server!! >=20 > Firstly, I was wondering if SUA maybe has a reputation for > bad performance, or could it maybe be the architecture of > desktop contra server pc's? > Would you expect better performance from cygwin? >=20 > Secondly, how do you see cygwin's compliance with a Windows > Server security infrastructure? Is a user limited to just > the same as under windows or can they somehow access other > users data they otherwise couldn't? I noticed in cygwin 1.7 > there is something called LSA Authentication. Does this address > these issues? >=20 > Thanks in advance, > DaveLaw >=20 >=20 > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple >=20 >=20 --- original message end ---- -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple