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Re: FW: Description of the new 'ntsec' feature
- To: Jason Zions <jason_zions@interix.com>
- Subject: Re: FW: Description of the new 'ntsec' feature
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
- Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 17:10:41 +0200
- CC: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
- References: <31AA903A2A1FD111A06300805F4B6D6402B3B58F@ssi2.interix.com>
Jason Zions wrote:
> [...]
> Corinna, I doubt Emanuale was suggesting you look at the source code for
> Interix; especially since that's not available. I think he was suggesting
> that you look into the mapping Interix used, not its implementation.
>
> Interix has a very clean mapping of full POSIX semantics to NTFS security.
> The specifics of that mapping are outlined in a tech note available at
> http://www.interix.com. Some discussion of the rationale for some of our
> choices appears in that document.
>
> I would be more than happy to talk about the specifics of the mapping we've
> elected to use, about its drawbacks and advantages, and things we're
> planning to do differently and better. It would be a good thing for Interix
> and cygwin to use NTFS permissions in the same way to mean the same things
> w.r.t. Unix permissions; I am quite open to considering changes in our model
> if they increase the fidelity of our security model to that provided by UNIX
> systems.
Hi Jason,
thanks for the input. Sorry for the long response lag. I'm very short
of time at the moment. The current project of my firm is in a critical
state, so I don't see the daylight as often as I want :(
I agree to your text. I know, that my model isn't really complete.
Did you read my description? Did you test one of the latest
snapshots with CYGWIN=ntsec? I'd like to hear your opinion.
Shame on me: I didn't read the aforementioned tech note so far.
Would you be so kind, to send it as an attachment, so I can't forget
it to read?
I would appreciate further discussions but please be patient.
Best Regards,
Corinna
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