Permissions, again

Shankar Unni shankarunni@netscape.net
Mon Aug 22 20:04:00 GMT 2005


Corinna Vinschen wrote:

> use POSIX permissions with POSIX permission rules -> ntsec, 
 > use Windows permissions with Windows permission rules -> nontsec

Err, isn't that sort of a backwards terminology? When I see the word 
"ntsec", I read it as "use NT SECurity", vs. "NO NT SECurity" (i.e. 
something else, e.g. POSIX)..

Perhaps the confusion might be reduced if the option were called 
posixsec or noposixsec..


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