Re: security and cygwin

2004-09-21 Thread Reini Urban
e NT Family of the OS, in contrast to the Windows3-based family, which we call Win95. -Original Message- From: Reini Urban [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 12:13 PM To: Koskie, Sarah Cc: Cygwin List Subject: Re: security and cygwin Koskie, Sarah schrieb: Are there a

RE: security and cygwin

2004-09-21 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Tue, 21 Sep 2004, Koskie, Sarah wrote: > Actually, Reini, I didn't say that I didn't know what a daemon was, I > said that I didn't know how to find out which ones were running (without > additional research, which, has thus far been fruitless). If I type ps > -fA on my linux box at home, I ge

RE: security and cygwin

2004-09-21 Thread Larry Hall
At 12:50 PM 9/21/2004, you wrote: >(Wish the documentation addressed XP Pro rather than just NT.) Unless it's clear that the reference is specifically for NT 4.0, you should read "NT" as "NT/W2K/XP/W2K3". These are all platforms based on the NT code base, versus the 9x code base of "95/98/Me

RE: security and cygwin

2004-09-21 Thread Koskie, Sarah
cumentation addressed XP Pro rather than just NT.) > -Original Message- > From: Reini Urban [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 12:13 PM > To: Koskie, Sarah > Cc: Cygwin List > Subject: Re: security and cygwin > > Koskie, Sarah schrieb

Re: security and cygwin

2004-09-20 Thread Reini Urban
Koskie, Sarah schrieb: Are there any other security related issues I should know about? I have to assume that cygwin as installed is safe until I have time to look into it, so I am hoping that my faith is not misplaced. See the FAQ entry: How secure is Cygwin in a multi-user environment?

RE: security and cygwin

2004-09-20 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, Koskie, Sarah wrote: > > > >Are there any other security related issues I should know about? I > > >have to assume that cygwin as installed is safe until I have time to > > >look into it, so I am hoping that my faith is not misplaced. > > > > Strange that you should ask this

RE: security and cygwin

2004-09-20 Thread Koskie, Sarah
> >Are there any other security related issues I should know about? I have > >to assume that cygwin as installed is safe until I have time to look > >into it, so I am hoping that my faith is not misplaced. > > > Strange that you should ask this question now, since you admit to using > Cygwin pr