Greetings, Corinna Vinschen! > On Apr 1 03:52, Andrey Repin wrote: >> > Now where this really makes a difference is when I am transferring files >> > between my Windows >> > system and other systems that are Unix-based, using git, rsync, and such >> > tools. >> > Either I remove SYSTEM access or the permissions get messed up. >> >> That's one of the reasons why I think SYSTEM account privileges needs to be >> hidden from POSIX access mask. It needs to be shown in getfacl to reduce >> confusion, though, but otherwise there's no case, where hiding it could cause >> any more harm, than showing it. >> >> >>> Maybe what I am looking for is something like this: >> >> >> >>> - Certain Windows accounts/groups would be treated as 'root' for cygwin's >> >>> purposes, perhaps controlled by a list in a file read when cygwin >> >>> starts up. >> >> >> The list would be very short. "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM". >> >> > Ok -- I would be happy with that, rather than having g+rwx happening to >> > every >> > file because I am granting SYSTEM access. >> >> > Do you begin to see the bind I feel myself in? >> >> Do tell me? I'm perpetually caught in it.
> Sigh. This is really annoying from a developer's POV. > Yes, yes, I still have "ignore SYSTEM in group handling?" on my TODO > list... That's why I'm not replying to you! <3 I know it is somewhere there. I was explaining it to Eliot. Sorry for disturbance! -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Wednesday, April 1, 2015 15:35:10 Sorry for my terrible english... -- 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
