On Wed, 23 Jun 2021 at 16:28, Mark Geisert <m...@maxrnd.com> wrote: > Håkon Hægland via Cygwin wrote: > > I am on Windows 10 Home, 21H1. I am trying to understand what type of files > > are generated by the "ln -s" command. According to this blog: > > > > https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2016/12/02/symlinks-windows-10/ > > > > starting with Windows 10 Insiders build 14972, native symlinks can be > > created without needing to elevate the console as administrator. > > > > To enable this feature, go to "Windows Security" -> "For developers", and > > turn on "Developer mode".
I expect Developer Mode grants a lot of unnecessary permissions. In the interest of minimal changes to security policy, the following process worked for me. I don't know how to do this through settings, but open Control Panel open Administrative Tools open Local Security Policy Using the tree in the left panel: open Local Policies open User Rights Assignment In the right panel: Right-click on Create symbolic links -> Properties add the user id(s) that should be able to create symbolic links This allows the added user(s) to set CYGWIN=winsymlinks:nativestrict and create native windows symbolic links in cygwin. This process grants 1 permission which is surely frantin fewer than Developer Mode. I have CYGWIN_NT-10.0 mars 3.2.0(0.340/5/3) 2021-03-29 08:42 x86_64 Cygwin on Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19043.1055] Windows Pro, now with 21H1 installed. HTH Doug -- Doug Henderson, Calgary, Alberta, Canada - from gmail.com -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
