X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,FREEMAIL_FROM,NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <31599578.post@talk.nabble.com> Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 19:20:32 -0700 (PDT) From: solde9 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: why cygwin have access to all the users in Windows MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 Hi I am newbie to cygwin. I am surprised at how cygwin have access to those directories belonging to users with a password and private access, that normally cannot be accessed from the normal Windows environment. How this happens? -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/why-cygwin-have-access-to-all-the-users-in-Windows-tp31599578p31599578.html Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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