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Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 20:36:21 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: cygwin (rm -rf)  ignores windows2000 security
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On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 09:59:59AM +1000, Robert Collins wrote:
>My 2c is that the c:/ directory still has everyone:full. That will allow
>anyuse with or without cygwin to delete all child directories. (deleting
>a file requires write to the directory it is in, deleting a directory
>requires write to the directory above.)

Also, cygwin does not run as administrator.  It uses normal Windows APIs
to delete files.

cgf

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