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Date:	Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:29:37 +0200
From:	Angelo Graziosi <angelo DOT graziosi AT alice DOT it>
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Subject:	Re: Reading what should not!
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Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> This is new behavior with 1.7 and it's there to mimic what one sees in
> Linux.  I can't reproduce your reported results in Fedora 8.  For me, if I
> am 'root', I can see the contents of 'foo.txt' just fine with the permissions
> you have set on it.

I do not know how Fedora works, but on Kubuntu the user created when 
installing the SO is also 'root': one need only to use 'sudo...'. After 
typing the password it 'remains active'  for about 15 minute. This mean 
that if I use 'sudo less foo.txt' when that pass. is active I do not 
need to retype it, and, as 'root', I can read that file. But if I open a 
new shell, in which the passwd is not yet 'active', trying 'sudo 
less...' asks for the passwd, which looks right to me.

Why 'root' should read, for example, private mails of the other simple 
users of that PC?


Cheers,
Angelo.

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