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Re: More about permissions
- From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon at yandex dot ru>
- To: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin at cygwin dot com>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 15:37:44 +0300
- Subject: Re: More about permissions
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Greetings, Corinna Vinschen!
> On Apr 1 03:52, Andrey Repin wrote:
>> > Now where this really makes a difference is when I am transferring files between my Windows
>> > system and other systems that are Unix-based, using git, rsync, and such tools.
>> > Either I remove SYSTEM access or the permissions get messed up.
>>
>> That's one of the reasons why I think SYSTEM account privileges needs to be
>> hidden from POSIX access mask. It needs to be shown in getfacl to reduce
>> confusion, though, but otherwise there's no case, where hiding it could cause
>> any more harm, than showing it.
>>
>> >>> Maybe what I am looking for is something like this:
>> >>
>> >>> - Certain Windows accounts/groups would be treated as 'root' for cygwin's
>> >>> purposes, perhaps controlled by a list in a file read when cygwin starts up.
>>
>> >> The list would be very short. "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM".
>>
>> > Ok -- I would be happy with that, rather than having g+rwx happening to every
>> > file because I am granting SYSTEM access.
>>
>> > Do you begin to see the bind I feel myself in?
>>
>> Do tell me? I'm perpetually caught in it.
> Sigh. This is really annoying from a developer's POV.
> Yes, yes, I still have "ignore SYSTEM in group handling?" on my TODO
> list...
That's why I'm not replying to you! <3 I know it is somewhere there.
I was explaining it to Eliot.
Sorry for disturbance!
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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Wednesday, April 1, 2015 15:35:10
Sorry for my terrible english...
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