--- "Pierre A. Humblet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The main issue is the name "setup.exe" itself, which induces > Windows to launch a Run As pop up when setup is run by > non-privileged users. Answering "yes" allows to set system mounts and > to install Cygwin almost anywhere but it has several drawbacks: > 1) Domain users are not included in /etc/passwd > 2) The Administrator account may not have Restore privilege > and chown may fail in postinstall scripts. > 3) ls -l may show files without rx access for the user running setup > if the Administrator account is not in Users and if the directory > inheritance does not give rx access to Everyone (I have observed > the two events separately but never together). > > I believe setup would be more newbie friendly if the name was > changed :(
Not to mention easier to search for on Google. (Yes, I know, you just put "cygwin setup.exe" but "cygsetup" is 8 characters shorter!) On the downside, 'upset' would not be as punny. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com
