On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 10:43:02AM +0100, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote: > > Yes and no. Fact is, the kernel and the libraries are a real > > NT system. But the system tools don't allow you to do all that > > stuff. > > Ok. So maybe with the right tools (or /proc/registry tweaking), "Home > Edition" could be taught to administer nt rights for users/groups.
I have XP HE and XP Prof versions for testing purposes. The restrictions in HE are really tricky. I tried even stuff as moving DLLs and MMC snapins from Prof to HE but to no avail. Registry tweaking is useless, too. The user rights are in the SAM. What I didn't try but what should work is writing your own application using LSA Policy functions. Which means, writing your own "Local Security Policy" application. > > But that isn't what you do anyway. > > I don't understand? [This machine isn't mine, of course, but I've now > got the choice of using this iso an old Windows 98 box to test cygwin > stuff] Sorry, that should read "But that isn't what you *should* do anyway." > Sure. Amazingly, the default setup from Miscrosoft is with Outlook > and one user without passwd, who has administrator (and whatnot) > rights. So for enhanced vulnerability, a default IIS install should > suffice, I guess. Yeah, HE is an NT system which has been downgraded nearly to the usual 98 insecurity. It's annoying. However, it was funny to see, that `ntsec' works fine. Unfortunately you can neither set nor see the permissions in the GUI. But you can, using Cygwin. So with Cygwin you can upgrade HE ;-) Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
