From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: Re: 23.0.60; uid problems on w32 Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:28:08 +0300 Message-ID: References: <47EEBE03.9030104@gmail.com> <47EEE4D9.9090600@gnu.org> <47EFA826.6070907@gnu.org> <47EFB17F.70903@gmail.com> <47EFF936.8080108@gmail.com> <47EFFE20.6030209@gmail.com> <47F0A3C6.6090006@gnu.org> <47F0D7BA.7040008@gmail.com> <47F0DC90.9060207@gnu.org> <47F1081E.3060602@gmail.com> <47F10B92.6090302@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1206991714 18152 80.91.229.12 (31 Mar 2008 19:28:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:28:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org, lennart.borgman@gmail.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca To: Jason Rumney Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 31 21:29:06 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JgPgn-0005Gd-GO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:29:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JgPgB-0006Wk-AM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:28:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JgPg5-0006WW-Te for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:28:21 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JgPg3-0006W4-A7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:28:21 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JgPg3-0006W1-4x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:28:19 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JgPg3-0005hR-2F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:28:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mx10.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JgPg2-00027W-MC for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:28:18 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JgPfz-0005gx-N6 for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:28:18 -0400 Original-Received: from romy.inter.net.il ([213.8.233.24]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JgPfv-0005fa-TV; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:28:12 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-21-134.inter.net.il [80.230.21.134]) by romy.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id KQN42568 (AUTH halo1); Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:28:09 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <47F10B92.6090302@gnu.org> (message from Jason Rumney on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:04:34 +0100) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 4.7-5.2 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.4) (2) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:94060 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:21823 Archived-At: > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:04:34 +0100 > From: Jason Rumney > CC: Eli Zaretskii , monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, > emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org > > Lennart Borgman (gmail) wrote: > > Are you sure windows does not have file ownership? If you look at the > > properties for a file, click on the "Security" tab and then then > > "Advanced" there is a tab saying owner. > > Yes, you're right. I am currently using an XP Home system, which doesn't > have that "Security" tab Right. But NTFS security is still in place, of course, it's just that you can't see it via the Windows Explorer. > so I was going by the output of cacls, which for many files lists > only groups as having permissions, no individual users. Is that group Administrators, perhaps? Files that belong to the Administrator the user are frequently shown as belonging to the _group_ Administrators. (Yes, Windows can have objects that are owned by groups, not users.)