Re: Usage of dpkg under cygwin
On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 01:58:28AM -0700, James Michael DuPont wrote:
> Well I have not seen that the cygwin security is really implemented
> correctly. I can just edit roots files as a normal user. I have not
> read up on it, yet, but i will read up on it.
Well I certainly can't edit roots files if I ssh in as a different user,
at least not the way the machine this applies to is setup.
At least on NTFS on win2k it seems to work, or at least it can be setup
to work.
> Ok, I give in. I was just cutting corners....
> I will get fake root running under cygwin.
>
> Anyway, that way one of my easier questions. What about the way to
> specifiy where the program will run is it mingw or cygwin or debian?
> What about the compile environment? mingw32
> + cygwin, gcc with -nocygwin, or debian linux cross compiler.
>
> Any ideas about that?
Len Sorensen
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