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 -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/