Security

The security model used in Windows is different from the single UNIX specification. If you will not be exchanging files between Interix and the Win32 environment, you will probably not notice the difference. If you understand the Windows security model, however, it might be easier for you to understand interactions between the utilities in one environment and the files in another. For example, the Interix commands chmod(1), chgrp(1), and chown(1) do not always behave as you might expect when used on files created with Win32 applications. Also, by default, Interix does not run executable files with the set-user-ID (setuid) or set-group-ID (setgid) bit set. For more information, see The superuser account and appropriate privileges.

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