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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 00:19:34 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna AT vinschen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: POSIX and uid_t resp. gid_t
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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?

Corinna