Re: A notion about saving and restoring Windows file security info

2022-01-10 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jan 7 18:40, Andrey Repin wrote: > Greetings, Corinna Vinschen! > > > No settings in that case. *Iff* we do that, we should provide the native > > ACLs in a consistent manner. > > I have a small suggestion. Have you tried too look into existing > implementations? Samba uses xattrs to store e

Re: A notion about saving and restoring Windows file security info

2022-01-07 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Corinna Vinschen! > No settings in that case. *Iff* we do that, we should provide the native > ACLs in a consistent manner. I have a small suggestion. Have you tried too look into existing implementations? Samba uses xattrs to store extra information for much the same purpose. See f.e

Re: A notion about saving and restoring Windows file security info

2022-01-07 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jan 7 09:28, Eliot Moss wrote: > On 1/7/2022 8:02 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > > Reconsidered: Its a bit of effort for reasons outlined below. > > Possibly ... > > > No settings in that case. > > I didn't entirely get your meaning, but I *think* you said if this > is implemented, it shou

Re: A notion about saving and restoring Windows file security info

2022-01-07 Thread Eliot Moss
On 1/7/2022 8:02 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > Reconsidered: Its a bit of effort for reasons outlined below. Possibly ... > No settings in that case. I didn't entirely get your meaning, but I *think* you said if this is implemented, it should just return these "extra" things as suitably named

Re: A notion about saving and restoring Windows file security info

2022-01-07 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jan 5 12:41, Eliot Moss wrote: > On 1/5/2022 5:34 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > On Jan 4 22:45, Eliot Moss wrote: > >> [...] > >> The idea is this: expose the Windows file attributes (such as system, > >> archive, > >> hidden, etc.) as well as security descriptors (such as managed by icacls

Re: A notion about saving and restoring Windows file security info

2022-01-06 Thread Sam Edge
On 05/01/2022 17:41, Eliot Moss wrote: Therefore, my thought is to make the presentation of these attributes by attr_list (is that the canonical call?) and probably also the special interpretation of them for get/set, controllable in some way. The means of control that occurs to me is an enviro

Re: A notion about saving and restoring Windows file security info

2022-01-05 Thread Eliot Moss
On 1/5/2022 5:34 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Jan 4 22:45, Eliot Moss wrote: >> Dear Cygwiners - Maybe this idea has been discussed before, and I can't say I >> exactly have a specific application in mind, but I was wondering about how one >> might achieve reliable backup/restore of files on

Re: A notion about saving and restoring Windows file security info

2022-01-05 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jan 4 22:45, Eliot Moss wrote: > Dear Cygwiners - Maybe this idea has been discussed before, and I can't say I > exactly have a specific application in mind, but I was wondering about how one > might achieve reliable backup/restore of files on a Windows system via a > backup program written to

A notion about saving and restoring Windows file security info

2022-01-04 Thread Eliot Moss
Dear Cygwiners - Maybe this idea has been discussed before, and I can't say I exactly have a specific application in mind, but I was wondering about how one might achieve reliable backup/restore of files on a Windows system via a backup program written to the POSIX interface and ported to Windows