Re: backup privileges

2006-12-01 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Nov 30 21:16, Eric Blake wrote: > I still think a > cygwin flag would be useful. I still don't think a flag would be a good idea. It's just another source of confusion. However, if you want it, provide a patch, as long as the default is "off". Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen

Re: backup privileges

2006-11-30 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Igor Peshansky on 11/30/2006 7:50 AM: > Speaking of getting shot down, I have a feeling I'm about to be. Still, > while in Linux it's possible (and recommended) to not work as root most of > the time, in Windows I've run into situations t

Re: backup privileges [was: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygwin-1.5.22-1]

2006-11-30 Thread Igor Peshansky
On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Nov 30 09:50, Igor Peshansky wrote: > > Remember how much effort was spent trying to fix Cygwin to work for > > unprivileged users? Do you now, all of a sudden, want to break expected > > behavior for privileged users? > > I'm sorry but I really d

Re: backup privileges [was: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygwin-1.5.22-1]

2006-11-30 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Nov 30 16:14, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Nov 30 09:50, Igor Peshansky wrote: > > Remember how much effort was spent trying to fix Cygwin to work for > > unprivileged users? Do you now, all of a sudden, want to break expected > > behavior for privileged users? > > I'm sorry but I really don't

Re: backup privileges [was: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygwin-1.5.22-1]

2006-11-30 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Nov 30 09:50, Igor Peshansky wrote: > Remember how much effort was spent trying to fix Cygwin to work for > unprivileged users? Do you now, all of a sudden, want to break expected > behavior for privileged users? I'm sorry but I really don't understand the problem. Cygwin allows administrator

Re: backup privileges [was: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygwin-1.5.22-1]

2006-11-30 Thread Igor Peshansky
On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Nov 29 21:53, Eric Blake wrote: > [snip] > > But it does beg the question of whether it should be configurable > > whether a user WANTS to use backup privileges to bypass ACLs. It > > seems like cygwin is very often installed by users that happen

Re: backup privileges [was: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygwin-1.5.22-1]

2006-11-30 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Nov 29 21:53, Eric Blake wrote: > Corinna Vinschen cygwin.com> writes: > > - Always open files with backup/restore intent to emulate real "root" > > access. Fix access(2) accordingly. (corinna) > > This change has some interesting effects, and I think you did the right thing > by making ac