At 04:21 AM 8/11/2004, you wrote: >> You do that by creating the directory you want to install >> Cygwin to and setting the permissions, via Windows, before >> Cygwin installation, making sure to set the permissions so >> they are inherited. > >Ah. Then if I understand things correctly, I could probably remove >the "Everyone" group from everywhere (i.e. from all partitions (root >[drive] folders), just like I had it before) and just have on the >*Cygwin* directory *only*, right? Makes sense. Don't know why I >didn't think of it before. (Hind sight is always 20-20, eh?)
Sure. Having "Everyone" everywhere is not required. It only needs to be on the directory you're installing Cygwin to like you surmised. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
