On Nov 13, 2014, at 2:30 PM, Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote: > On Nov 13 14:09, Warren Young wrote: >>>> http://etr-usa.com/cygwin/ls-perms.png >> icacls output would be more helpful than a picture. $ icacls ls.exe ls.exe MOSSYMAZE\Warren:(F) MOSSYMAZE\Warren:(RX) Everyone:(RX) > It doesn't work when running under a non-admin account. Every other Windows setup program is playing by that same restriction. > However, the *other* idea is that if you install with an elevated Setup, > your account is an admin account anyway. Ideally when you install > Cygwin for multiple users, you're using an account you're not using for > daily usage. Couldn’t the Cygwin non-user files be owned by SYSTEM instead of the installing user? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
