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Re: NT extended attributes


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

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