From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from omta001.cacentral1.a.cloudfilter.net (omta001.cacentral1.a.cloudfilter.net [3.97.99.32]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 644AE3858D33 for ; Sat, 20 Apr 2024 03:37:21 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org 644AE3858D33 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=Shaw.ca Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=shaw.ca ARC-Filter: OpenARC Filter v1.0.0 sourceware.org 644AE3858D33 Authentication-Results: server2.sourceware.org; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=3.97.99.32 ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=sourceware.org; s=key; t=1713584243; cv=none; b=pubAggLTCXacm6vCNrcA7vjJyXz/w4gtsZje1bPxFisDpgubDyjtbYvtWq/xq0H3vukOSD293IXN2OSSfV+6nud3TB84wnDRA7Lp0TaAA0nVh3ePLligi1oNlx1852U4HySRPyGIdjRL9ZEUz6ZiaUhioPwHee9oXjtzfSAeFiM= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=sourceware.org; s=key; t=1713584243; c=relaxed/simple; bh=VFA9jmNWdstE7+lkvoftqENhVDZv4jO8bM1jvaeP9Is=; h=DKIM-Signature:Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:Subject:To:From; b=PxugQfUP6FuCsZGnQdtFW51eOekEpkHjNueIzlO+uEwJNAP08EgfzeXJ/SxcFtsOVL9roaeWX91a9a14pBS7gHXt0dR17Tedmo0DvGp8PbiqK9Ih44yJUZcWK+3MrqZSCz+5fvSTd4RH3x5zRs6OG35NFDLK4gwPMV5nfH9iNPg= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; server2.sourceware.org Received: from shw-obgw-4004a.ext.cloudfilter.net ([10.228.9.227]) by cmsmtp with ESMTPS id xs8uroCkY2Ui5y1XVrSi6N; Sat, 20 Apr 2024 03:37:21 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=shaw.ca; s=s20231031; t=1713584241; bh=VFA9jmNWdstE7+lkvoftqENhVDZv4jO8bM1jvaeP9Is=; h=Date:Reply-To:Subject:To:References:From:In-Reply-To; b=QVA+Xkkri/uIWSpwWqImg6TJdjH8AxGHTCM1tQRN0/wWeb0W29VRjNRTnL64qBJtA ue5G4itWm8ZjlzDr8SKsnNhQRQxo/7C7eJSRjNLahER92cHFzwUwFXFI5neOjBQK/g r3mRNlt5mfybC26QXKdMeREaZRarffDCy+oWHJeixEwWOOhwJ4bMxtT6rBVVRqR406 AA7XOxDNnHT+bTb+zbR4kpEWktHkufAskecC4rNWCUhdaAqyIAtWi7XF7wazDx0CPB nIWSRPWgkR6xPML+2E9Qf/hud/w2RIMgTt6CqfbIg9cd3IldrqVL0IgGhFJNgXUN5A Z47VDVqJ2ZK6Q== Received: from [10.0.0.5] ([184.64.102.149]) by cmsmtp with ESMTP id y1XUrY3DrWhyfy1XUrVpud; Sat, 20 Apr 2024 03:37:20 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=MenPuI/f c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=66233870 a=DxHlV3/gbUaP7LOF0QAmaA==:117 a=DxHlV3/gbUaP7LOF0QAmaA==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=mQ7ACtkuumeswWLJDwkA:9 a=3ZKOabzyN94A:10 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 Message-ID: <608a6fa5-22e0-4b46-b1c9-9074be3aa1e1@Shaw.ca> Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 21:37:20 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Reply-To: Brian.Inglis@Shaw.ca Subject: Re: DOS namespaces, accessible/walk-able as Admin via Cygwin? Content-Language: en-CA To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: From: Brian Inglis Organization: Inglis In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4xfPgMV8TX9IWq9dvpYh28EH+xmiI/nj1L/78iOdGX4hckP+g/xrlbfI3GI/zSgvXBkm53WCGBn1ajpARNzo4kMCIK1/Dw0X5bd8enuaeIHtqXN+MoWSs8 kmseZjimhpb+THQo2img+fnCpGB4Z1vZQZ3BtuMPeNcTcY7Bmv+kFnVOy1wla86uSAoX41HbEdWMNA== X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: On 2024-04-19 17:09, Dan Shelton via Cygwin wrote: > 1. Windows has DOS namespaces per user, or per Logon. > Can anyone explain this from a Win32 API point of view how they are kept > separate? Ask on SuperUser *NOT* SO! > 2. If I have Administrator rights, is there a way in /proc where I can > /bin/ls -la or /bin/find -ls all those DOS namespaces and soft links > to the real devices? Cygwin exposes these MS Windows Executive Object Manager subsystem resource objects under /proc/sys/ and object namespaces are per session under /proc/sys/Sessions/ you have e.g. $ ls -glo /proc/sys/Sessions/BNOLINKS/ total 0 lr--r--r-- 1 0 Apr 19 21:23 0 -> /proc/sys/BaseNamedObjects lr--r--r-- 1 0 Apr 19 21:23 1 -> /proc/sys/Sessions/1/BaseNamedObjects so each session has its own set of BaseNamedObjects, which you can list with appropriate permissions, or using a tree browser. Under MS Windows you can use Sysinternals WinObj64 to browse the hierarchy and objects. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada La perfection est atteinte Perfection is achieved non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter not when there is no more to add mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer but when there is no more to cut -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry