From: corinna.vinschen@cityweb.de (Corinna Vinschen) Subject: Re: NT extended attributes 16 Oct 1998 04:48:26 -0700 Message-ID: <3626728D.56BD377C.cygnus.gnu-win32@cityweb.de> References: <3624EC83.4FFB601D@sigma6.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Jeff Sturm , gnu-win32@cygnus.com Jeff Sturm wrote: > > Can anyone explain how NTFS security maps to the cygwin32 POSIX-ish > user/group/other file permissions? I've tried to set up a > somewhat-secure login environment on NT. Working as administrator, I > can create folders and set their ownership through cygwin32 (chown > works). So the folder looks like Very interesting, chown works? If, as administrator, I do a chown anyuser anyfile I get a Permission denied If, as administrator, I do a chown administrator anyfile I get no error but nothing has happened. Corinna - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".