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Re: [TESTERS needed] New POSIX permission handling
- From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon at yandex dot ru>
- To: Achim Gratz <Stromeko at nexgo dot de>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2015 19:01:30 +0300
- Subject: Re: [TESTERS needed] New POSIX permission handling
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- References: <20150410100703 dot GA4401 at calimero dot vinschen dot de> <87lhhzcarc dot fsf at Rainer dot invalid>
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Greetings, Achim Gratz!
> Corinna Vinschen writes:
>> - To accommodate Windows default ACLs, the new code ignores SYSTEM and
>> Administrators group permissions when computing the MASK/CLASS_OBJ
>> permission mask on old ACLs, and it doesn't deny access to SYSTEM and
>> Administrators group based on the value of MASK/CLASS_OBJ when
>> creating the new ACLs.
> Since you've now opened that can of worms of who is considered "root",
> what about "Domain Administrators" or "Power Users", for starters?
"Domain Admins" is a members of local "Administrators" group.
And "Power Users" are just users with a little more power, but not by much.
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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Saturday, April 11, 2015 18:58:52
Sorry for my terrible english...
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