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From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb@ukf.net>
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Subject: Re: group names in /etc/passwd, ssh root login & more
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Uwe Mayer wrote:
> Hallo,
> 
> the cygwin user guide says its a feature that groups can be the owner
> of files. can somebody tell me why this is so when you can set the
> group attributes accordingly?

Because that's how Windows works.

Max.


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