On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 7:59 AM, aputerguy wrote: > If trustedinstaller is a valid file owner then I would like it to show up as > the file owner in cygwin so that rsync transfers it over properly. > Presumably this would mean adding it to my /etc/passwd file though I'm not > sure what would be the best entry to use. > > On the other hand if trustedinstaller SHOULD NOT be owning any files and its > just an error on my windows system then I would like to correct the file > ownership in windows so that the files have the correct owners.
On Windows 7 and Vista, "trustedinstaller" owns (and is supposed to own) all the files of the OS: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.06.acl.aspx (quoted in http://www.vistax64.com/vista-security/87679-trusted-installer.html#post528738 ) -- GCS a+ e++ d- C++ ULS$ L+$ !E- W++ P+++$ w++$ tv+ b++ DI D++ 5++ Life is complex, with real and imaginary parts. "Ok, it boots. Which means it must be bug-free and perfect. " -- Linus Torvalds "People disagree with me. I just ignore them." -- Linus Torvalds -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
