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Re: Testers needed: New passwd/group handling in Cygwin
- From: Warren Young <warren at etr-usa dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 08:52:23 -0700
- Subject: Re: Testers needed: New passwd/group handling in Cygwin
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- References: <20140213143849 dot GH2246 at calimero dot vinschen dot de> <52FD63BC dot 60800 at etr-usa dot com> <20140214104243 dot GY2246 at calimero dot vinschen dot de> <52FE786F dot 9040203 at etr-usa dot com> <20140215125043 dot GK2246 at calimero dot vinschen dot de> <7F9D4826-E8D5-41E7-A8B6-B41922FE6E1C at etr-usa dot com> <20140216115612 dot GO2246 at calimero dot vinschen dot de>
On Feb 16, 2014, at 4:56 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> What if an admin wants to avoid that files are read at all, even if a
> user manages to generate them?
Such an admin should adjust the permissions on /etc so normal users can’t create files there, as on a “real” *ix.
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