Re: NTFS-like streams?

From: Kai Henningsen (kaih@khms.westfalen.de)
Date: Mon Aug 14 2000 - 15:17:00 EST


viro@math.psu.edu (Alexander Viro) wrote on 14.08.00 in <Pine.GSO.4.10.10008140023580.194-100000@weyl.math.psu.edu>:

> On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, Mo McKinlay wrote:
>
> >
> > # > On Windows 2000, you can create an attribute with any name and as many
> > # > of them as you want. When you open the file, you access the attribute
> > #
> > # "You"? What does it mean on multi-user OS?
> >
> > I hate to tell you, but Windows 2000 IS multi-user. It may not do it
> > particularly well in some situations, but it's a multi-user OS
> > nevertheless.
>
> That's wonderful. So let me do substitution:
>
> What does "you" mean (in context of system files) on multi-user OS, in
> particular on Windows 2000?

Guess.

Hint: NTFS has known about users and permissions from day 1, AFAICT.

MfG Kai

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