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Re: Permissions, again

Corinna Vinschen wrote:

use POSIX permissions with POSIX permission rules -> ntsec,
> use Windows permissions with Windows permission rules -> nontsec

Err, isn't that sort of a backwards terminology? When I see the word "ntsec", I read it as "use NT SECurity", vs. "NO NT SECurity" (i.e. something else, e.g. POSIX)..

Perhaps the confusion might be reduced if the option were called posixsec or noposixsec..


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