> 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. -- 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/
