> > But we are talking about cygwin here, the uids do not have such a > > importance do they? > > You bet they do. NTFS, which is what anybody running a recent version > of > Windows should be using, supports comprehensive ACLs (although > mapping > the unix model onto them is still slightly fiddly). So of course a > Cygwin system should have the proper owners and permissions! The idea > is > to provide a full, unix-like system -- I don't think we're going to > toss access controls aside just because it's slightly easier that > way.
Well I have not seen that the cygwin security is really implemented correctly. I can just edit roots files as a normal user. I have not read up on it, yet, but i will read up on it. Ok, I give in. I was just cutting corners.... I will get fake root running under cygwin. Anyway, that way one of my easier questions. What about the way to specifiy where the program will run is it mingw or cygwin or debian? What about the compile environment? mingw32 + cygwin, gcc with -nocygwin, or debian linux cross compiler. Any ideas about that? mike ===== James Michael DuPont http://introspector.sourceforge.net/ __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com
