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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 17:54:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Reply-To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com
Subject: Re: POSIX and uid_t resp. gid_t
To: Corinna Vinschen <corinna AT vinschen DOT de>
Cc: cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
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--- Corinna Vinschen <corinna AT vinschen DOT de> wrote:
> Chris Faylor wrote:
> > [...]
> > I know that some Unixes have implemented access control lists.
> > If you want a model to follow that might be the way to go.
> > I know that Digital UNIX implements this, for instance.
> > 
> > -chris
> 
> I don't have access to implementation details of Digital UNIX.
> Is their solution POSIX compliant? How can I get infos?
> 
> I fear, the only way is, to have a translation table between
> NT SIDs and Cygwin [UG]IDs. Ok, this would have the
> advantage to allow Cygwin UID 0 for user `Administrator' and
> other mess. The translation could be placed in the /etc/passwd
> and /etc/group files which I'd like to eliminate originally.
> 
> Hmmm... on the other hand, this wouldn't be compatible to the
> current solution and it would be harder to maintain.
> 
> Any comments?

Just thinking outloud, what about using the text Ids for the translation table
since it will be a part of the passwd and group files?
===
Earnie Boyd <mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>

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