From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "David A. Cobb" To: Cygwin List Subject: Registry Access [Was Re: DLL naming conventions] Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 08:04:00 -0000 Message-id: <39B65D0B.88FC57DB@home.com> References: <20000905123712.13787.qmail@web119.yahoomail.com> <4.3.1.2.20000905103613.00b43d90@pop.ma.ultranet.com> <16973640599.20000906132614@logos-m.ru> X-SW-Source: 2000-09/msg00213.html Egor Duda wrote: > i looked at uwin, but on totally different subject. i wanted to know > how they implement setuid(). yesterday i've installed it and see > that it has it's own quirks. for example, > > ========================================================= > $ mkdir /reg/current_user/Software/Foo > $ echo 123 >/reg/current_user/Software/Foo/bar > $ cat /reg/current_user/Software/Foo/bar > =0x7b > ========================================================= > > surprise! Writing to the registry is rather more analogous to writing to a device (viz. File)- the format and content of what you write has immediate and possibly nasty side effects. -- David A. Cobb, Software Engineer, Public Access Advocate "Don't buy or use crappy software" "By the grace of God I am a Christian man, by my actions a great sinner" -- The Way of a Pilgrim [R. M. French, tr.] -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com