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Re: Patch, Version 2: UNIX-like permissions on objects
- To: Corinna Vinschen <corinna.vinschen@cityweb.de>
- Subject: Re: Patch, Version 2: UNIX-like permissions on objects
- From: Geoffrey Noer <noer@cygnus.com>
- Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 15:58:22 -0800
- Cc: Sergey Okhapkin <sos@prospect.com.ru>, "cygwin32-developers@cygnus.com" <cygwin32-developers@cygnus.com>
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On Sat, Mar 06, 1999, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
[...]
> I have still problems, too. I'm using my patch since I write it
> in the end of January, but since I downgraded from SP3 to SP4 this week,
> I got new shit in it: ./configure in winsup now crashes, if `ntsec'
> is active. Sigh! I think, I have to reinstall my NT! The problems
> are not only related to cygwin... :-(
I won't want to commit any changes until Cygwin is stable with:
1) SP3 and SP4
2) ntsec actice or inactive
3) with or without valid /etc files
It can default to the old behavior if /etc files aren't present or if
they're invalid but it can't crash. And I think ntsec ought to
default to on once everything is stable.
> IMHO, this wouldn't be the big deal. Especially on workstations,
> the decision, which local group is the main group of an user,
> is hard to do.
>
> I would like to keep the /etc files for a while, until somebody
> knows a sure and correct solution for this attachment problem.
OK, but I do consider the requiring of /etc to be a significant
problem with the Cygwin system. As long as your changes don't make
the existing situation worse, I guess we can stall fixing this
situation until a later time...
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Geoffrey Noer Email: noer@cygnus.com
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