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On Fri, 02 Jan 2004 11:27:26 +0000, Tony Hoyle <tmh at nodomain.org> wrote: >On Fri, 02 Jan 2004 08:33:09 +0100, Bo Berglund ><bo.berglund at telia.com> wrote: > > >>In that case I would suggest that the installer creates the temp dir >>for CVS in a place *not* inside Windows\* or Documents and Settings\* >>and that it sets the permissions for this dir so that everyone will >>have full control (including SYSTEM). >> >Creating the directory is fairly trivial... setting the permissions >is not. The only way outisde the GUI I know of doing it is using the >cacls.exe from the resource kit, and you can't rely on that being on a >machine during installation. > I'm using cacls for this and I don't think it comes from the resource kit. I belive that it is an integral part of the NT4-W2000-XP etc distribution. There was once (or still is) a program called XCACLS that was/is included with NT resource kit and is said to be enhanced in some ways. But the basic function of cacls is OK for setting the permissions on a temp dir. /Bo (Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden)