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Re: /usr/local, /var and */tmp in c:\Users\Public
- From: Warren Young <warren at etr-usa dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 14:39:35 -0700
- Subject: Re: /usr/local, /var and */tmp in c:\Users\Public
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On Nov 13, 2014, at 2:30 PM, Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
> On Nov 13 14:09, Warren Young wrote:
>>
>> http://etr-usa.com/cygwin/ls-perms.png
>
> icacls output would be more helpful than a picture.
$ icacls ls.exe
ls.exe MOSSYMAZE\Warren:(F)
MOSSYMAZE\Warren:(RX)
Everyone:(RX)
> It doesn't work when running under a non-admin account.
Every other Windows setup program is playing by that same restriction.
> However, the *other* idea is that if you install with an elevated Setup,
> your account is an admin account anyway. Ideally when you install
> Cygwin for multiple users, you're using an account you're not using for
> daily usage.
Couldn’t the Cygwin non-user files be owned by SYSTEM instead of the installing user?
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