suid bit on executables?

[Joshua Daniel Franklin]

On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 02:38:36PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> 
> > > FYI, Cygwin implements /dev/conin and /dev/conout, so, perhaps, the
> > > approach suggested in <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-03/msg00259.html>
> > > would be helpful (or something along those lines).
> >
> > I tried man and apropos, and found nothing for conin or conout,
> 
> Technically, you should have been able to look at
> <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html> instead...  The
> Cygwin User's Guide makes for wonderful and exciting bed-time reading. ;-)
> However, the above document is strangely silent on the topic of
> conin/conout...  As things stand now, looking at the Cygwin source is
> probably your best bet.

OK, there is now a more exhaustive list in the User's Guide.
Feel free to correct.

I separated out /dev{comX,conin,conout,clipboard,windows} since they
appear to be Cygwin-specific. A couple of others like /dev/dsp
and /dev/ttym might be too, and is /dev/pipe different than on *nix?

Also, while I was "researching" this change I ran across this great
reference page about devices in Cygwin (well, great if you read
Japanese and still probably decent if you don't):

<http://www.sixnine.net/cygwin/cygwin-je/devices.html>

It appears to be about..._Cygwin+Cygwin JE: Running a UNIX Environment with
Windows_, published June 2003:

<http://www.ascii.co.jp/english/books/detail/4-7561/4-7561-4305-9.html>

So, if anyone on this list was hoping to write the first Cygwin
book, it's too late! You can still write the first English one though.

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