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Re: /usr/local, /var and */tmp in c:\Users\Public


On Nov 12 17:19, Warren Young wrote:
> On Nov 12, 2014, at 3:43 PM, Andrew DeFaria <Andrew@DeFaria.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > On 11/12/2014 2:16 PM, Warren Young wrote:
> >>> What local changes/installations get lost?
> >> 
> >> Currently, if you nuke a default installation into c:\cygwin, you
> >> lose /home, /etc, /var and /usr/local, all of which contain user
> >> files and/or local system configuration.
> > 
> > Technically user files can exist anywhere in the file system
> 
> All the more reason to move to a world where itâs possible to start
> securing /usr/bin, /usr/lib, /usr/shareâ so that only setup.exe can
> write to it.
> 
> Iâm not advocating that step so early, but maybe if this breakup does
> happen, a few years later setup.exe can start applying some strong
> ACLs to files it writes.

??? What "strong" ACLs?  Setup creates the files with standard POSIX
permissions.  Which permissions are too open from your POV?


Corinna

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