* why cygwin have access to all the users in Windows
@ 2011-05-12 2:20 solde9
2011-05-12 5:54 ` Corinna Vinschen
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From: solde9 @ 2011-05-12 2:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
Hi I am newbie to cygwin. I am surprised at how cygwin have access to those
directories belonging to users with a password and private access, that
normally cannot be accessed from the normal Windows environment. How this
happens?
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* Re: why cygwin have access to all the users in Windows
2011-05-12 2:20 why cygwin have access to all the users in Windows solde9
@ 2011-05-12 5:54 ` Corinna Vinschen
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From: Corinna Vinschen @ 2011-05-12 5:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
On May 11 19:20, solde9 wrote:
>
> Hi I am newbie to cygwin. I am surprised at how cygwin have access to those
> directories belonging to users with a password and private access, that
> normally cannot be accessed from the normal Windows environment. How this
> happens?
Every admin has these rights, but they are usually disabled in
the user token. See
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446619%28VS.85%29.aspx
Corinna
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