Mailing-List: contact cygwin-developers-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-developers-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Message-ID: <003001bfdb14$fb514760$0201a8c0@home.net> From: "Andrew Patrzalek" To: Subject: scenario: no registry access, C:\ locked out Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 20:09:34 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_002D_01BFDAF3.73A89780" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002D_01BFDAF3.73A89780 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable As I have been somewhat of a spurious lurker, I wonder if the scenario = where the end user does not have write access to c:\ and the registry is = Adm. edit access only has been considered. The end user can still = change the user environment but cannot use regedit for instance. B19*, = B20* and v1.1.1 appear not to care. This is somewhat of a philosophical = question that may have impact on portability issues down the road. Is = there a movement toward having more involvement in things that lead to = an end user editing the registry to make things work? ------=_NextPart_000_002D_01BFDAF3.73A89780 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
As I have been somewhat of a spurious = lurker, I=20 wonder if the scenario where the end user does not have write access to = c:\ and=20 the registry is Adm. edit access only has been considered.  The end = user=20 can still change the user environment but cannot use regedit for = instance. B19*,=20 B20* and v1.1.1 appear not to care.  This is somewhat of a = philosophical=20 question that may have impact on portability issues down the road.  = Is=20 there a movement toward having more involvement in things that lead to = an end=20 user editing the registry to make things = work?
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