the easiest way to fix your first problem is to change your primary group and thus the group that owns files you create. This is the 4th field in the /etc/passwd file. Note here. my primary group is 10512 (domain administrators) while the Administrator default group is 513 (none.)
Vince.Hoffman:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:11063:10512:Vince Hoffman,U-CIRCLEUK\Vince.Hoffman,S-1-5-21-1382118675-421749423-1822239680-06 3:/home/Vince.Hoffman:/bin/bash Administrator:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:500:513:U-CRLONTEST\Administrator,S-1-5-2 1-12 75210071-839522115-1202660629-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash the number you need for the group you choose as the new default is the 3rd field in the /etc/group file. this could help with the rest of your problems but it sounds liek you need to tie down your windows permissions which is doable but takes a bit of reading and fiddling not to break anything. -----Original Message----- From: Uwe Mayer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 03 October 2002 23:42 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: file permissions for /cygdrive/c Hi, I've got some questions regarding file permissions with cygwin under w2k (ntsec turned on). I want to use 2k together with cygwin while allowing other people to login via ssh onto my computer and would like to get the obvious loopholes closed. As a member of the administrators group all files created not under cygwin are owned by the group None. (--> User Guide) Since *everyone* is member of None he will be able to access the files /folder accordingly. Is there any way out of this except running cron to regularly chown these files? Also when creating a file i.e. from the cmd.exe (like dir >test) the file permissions are "inherited" from the folder even although "Allow inherritable file permissions" is turned off for that folder the file is created in. Is there any way out of that? I organized my PC into two partitions. C carries the w2k system and all the windows programs that need installation. D carries cygwin and all "private" data. is there any way to prevent other users from accessing a certain partition, i.e. /cygdrive/c/, creating new mountpoints, etc.? Thanks in advance! Ciao Uwe -- 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/ -- 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/