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Re: group names in /etc/passwd, ssh root login & more
- From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb at ukf dot net>
- To: "Uwe Mayer" <merkosh at planet-interkom dot de>,<cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 13:59:41 -0000
- Subject: Re: group names in /etc/passwd, ssh root login & more
- References: <1055527948.20030208143519@planet-interkom.de>
Uwe Mayer wrote:
> Hallo,
>
> the cygwin user guide says its a feature that groups can be the owner
> of files. can somebody tell me why this is so when you can set the
> group attributes accordingly?
Because that's how Windows works.
Max.
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