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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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