----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric M. Monsler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gene C. Ruzicka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 8:37 PM Subject: Re: why does cygwin default security setup give EVERYONE access everywhere?
> "Gene C. Ruzicka" wrote: > > > > my pc uses windows 2000 professional, and my cygwin folder is > > C:\cygwin . i've been looking into giving co-workers access to > > the cygwin setup on my pc, but i've noticed something strange: > > it seems that the default security setup allows EVERYONE full > > access to the cygwin folder and all subfolders. > > Under NT4.0 SP6, when you share a drive onto the network, the default > seems to be to allow everyone full access. Not cygwin related. hmmmm.... i've got lots of software installed on the drive, but i only have this problem with cygwin. i'm simply going to change the security settings to something more appropriately manually. i've already done most of that task. gene -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
