On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 4:29 AM, Angelo Graziosi wrote:
> Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>>
>> This is new behavior with 1.7 and it's there to mimic what one sees in
>> Linux. I can't reproduce your reported results in Fedora 8. For me, if I
>> am 'root', I can see the contents of 'foo.txt' just fine
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Angelo Graziosi wrote:
> I do not have Fedora but Kubuntu (8.04 and 9.04). On Kubuntu the user
> created in the installation step, say 'pippo', is also 'root' in the sense
> that 'pippo' needs 'sudo' (or 'sudo su') for administrative usage.
OK, then, big differen
Angelo Graziosi wrote on Monday, September 14, 2009 9:27 AM:
> Mark J. Reed wrote:
>> That makes no sense. "sudo" means "run as root". If you're already
>> root, there's no need for sudo, and most systems don't even allow
root
>> to run the sudo command.
>
> I do not mean that 'root' need 'sudo
Mark J. Reed wrote:
Administrative users on Windows are
treated as equivalent to root by Cygwin.
I know that.
If you're saying that admin users should have to use sudo or
equivalent to gain elevated access in Cygwin, then that's a feature
request. Does it match what Windows does? Outside of
Mark J. Reed wrote:
That makes no sense. "sudo" means "run as root". If you're already
root, there's no need for sudo, and most systems don't even allow root
to run the sudo command.
I do not mean that 'root' need 'sudo'.
It sounds to me like your Fedora
I do not have Fedora but Kubuntu (
Angelo Graziosi wrote:
> Why 'root' should read, for example, private mails of the other simple
> users of that PC?
Root is the superuser. Root is the administrative account. Root can do
anything. The sysadmin /has/ to be able to access all the files on a system,
it is a necessary part of ad
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 4:29 AM, Angelo Graziosi wrote:
> I do not know how Fedora works, but on Kubuntu the user created when
> installing the SO is also 'root': one need only to use 'sudo...'. After
> typing the password it 'remains active' for about 15 minute.
That makes no sense. "sudo" mean
Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
This is new behavior with 1.7 and it's there to mimic what one sees in
Linux. I can't reproduce your reported results in Fedora 8. For me, if I
am 'root', I can see the contents of 'foo.txt' just fine with the permissions
you have set on it.
I do not know how Fedora
On 09/13/2009 10:04 AM, Angelo Graziosi wrote:
Just a curiosity... (I have seen th following on Cygwin-1.7, but perhaps
it happens also on 1.5)
Suppose that there are two users: the administrator (root) and a simple
user (pippo). Suppose that 'pippo' has a file 'foo.txt' with permissions:
rw---
Just a curiosity... (I have seen th following on Cygwin-1.7, but perhaps
it happens also on 1.5)
Suppose that there are two users: the administrator (root) and a simple
user (pippo). Suppose that 'pippo' has a file 'foo.txt' with permissions:
rw---
Why 'root' can read 'foo.txt'? For exam
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