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23.0.60; group and owner "Everyone" - what's that about?

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From: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 819 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, "'Eli Zaretskii'" <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#819: 23.0.60; group and owner "Everyone" - what's that about?
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:52:02 +0800

Drew Adams wrote:
> Just so I can understand a little better, could you elaborate? I thought that
> Eli was saying that with FAT32 it should say Everyone...Everyone everywhere.
>   

That is what I see with a FAT32 disk too. I have no idea why you see 
different, but it probably has something to do with your local Windows 
configuration.

> Which is more or less (or differently?) secure, my disk or the files and
> folders? How is that determined/defined in the Windows UI? Thx.
>   

You are asking questions that only someone with access to Windows source 
code could answer. It may not be different security, the security calls 
may be failing, causing Emacs to fall back on the old strategy of making 
something up.

>
>   

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