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Re: ntsec: changing the everyone user
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 05:35:20PM +0100, Chris Rodgers wrote:
> > OK. Here is an example of the way permissions leak out to "Everyone". I
> > create a new file, with no permissions granted to "other". Cygwin shows
this
> > to have worked OK. Yet in actual fact there is an ACL there giving
Everyone
> > some access rights. I usually choose not to have "Everyone" authorised
to do
> > anything on my Windows NT/2000 boxes, using Authorised Users instead.
This
> > way, without a valid login, you cannot get any information, including
> > usernames and ACLs.
> >
> > How can I stop cygwin setting these ACLs?
>
> Did you have a close look to the access rights granted to everyone?
> Otherwise, just don't use ntsec.
>
> Corinna
>
> > [...]
> > Everyone:(special access:)
> > READ_CONTROL
> > FILE_READ_EA
> > FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES
>
For the archives (NOT for release :-)), I think that a quick hack is to
redefine well_known_world_sid in src/winsup/cygwin/sec_helper.cc to be
"S-1-5-11" instead of "S-1-1-0". This refers to the "Authorized Users"
well-known group, instead of to "Everyone".
Chris.
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