X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:reply-to:message-id:to:subject :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=BJpWKMZd5t91osyC F6zYctM0fnHZFkN83jQgnC3yeHOMcQQ19CgM77gijaQsaM3pK8ABfbCcXHd6n2wR ANwOOH2Vj/3BkrgD7u3NlZT/CFIhhSWNk3ocsWk+5A8av2Az6J86FJkr1jSXCwMO xvN8Q1PqfUZ2G7voxAOT2kqKe2k= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:reply-to:message-id:to:subject :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=oK0KCsf0exmUcJdVP+pXde YUfwA=; b=TUtOCGwuqGUKZD+zUwCgPhCIucyMRdPoa1dUU7Ps75tSfZKNK6LCNs xTt7LzZVFiKILn1KekjX+8NDuWr8wqzid4HK8el73QacY+h2ZyIS3DOtHsSbwZ1q No0O9HaU5B6MxhEpP9vT01pBx3Pf3z80MNEzzQOHLwAERJzHa5E9w= 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: Yes, score=5.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,HELO_LH_HOME,KAM_THEBAT,RDNS_NONE autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: smtp.ht-systems.ru Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 22:08:35 +0400 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: Andrey Repin Message-ID: <711188820.20130923220835@mtu-net.ru> To: bartels , cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Confused about several issues with setting up cron In-Reply-To: <52406732.8050908@mailme.ath.cx> References: <523F133D DOT 2060806 AT mailme DOT ath DOT cx> <523F4855 DOT 50002 AT mailme DOT ath DOT cx> <42077778 DOT 20130923184405 AT mtu-net DOT ru> <52406732 DOT 8050908 AT mailme DOT ath DOT cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Greetings, bartels! >>> By the way: SYSTEM is not a user. >> Since when? > Since Bill Gates stopped sleeping in his garage? :) > $ passwd SYSTEM > passwd: unknown user SYSTEM > Without knowing too much about Windows internals, I have always considered > SYSTEM to be a context, rather than a user. Your assumption is wrong. Greatly simplifying, NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM is a built-in access control group, under which whole system kernel works. Taking out the rights for SYSTEM to f.e. access certain directory will prevent most services from changing it. > Please give me your take, if you have more info. > I am interested It's offtopic in this mailing list. If you're interested in a full list of built-in users and groups, I suggest you check the user list as given by ACL editors, when you use search function. -- WBR, Andrey Repin (anrdaemon AT yandex DOT ru) 23.09.2013, <22:01> Sorry for my terrible english... -- 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