D:(A;ID;0x1200a9;;;BU)(A;ID;0x1301bf;;;PU)(A;ID;FA;;;BA)

Post #208,124 by Another Scott 5/20/05 11:19:04 AM Reply	D:(A;ID;0x1200a9;;;BU)(A;ID;0x1301bf;;;PU)(A;ID;FA;;;BA) [link\|http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/20/windows_file_permissions/\|Windows file permissions: more is less] at The Register. For the ultimate in control, Microsoft provides the Security Descriptor Definition Language (SDDL). This language is sparsely documented and far from intuitive, but is actually quite powerful for specifying permissions. If you aren't intimidated by the permission string "D:(A;ID;0x1200a9;;;BU)(A;ID;0x1301bf;;;PU)(A;ID;FA;;;BA)(A;ID;FA;;;SY)" well then, SDDL is just right for you. There's no doubt that Windows permissions are complex. Microsoft has at least improved things by using better default permissions so we don't have to bother with it as much. But considering how powerful these capabilities are if customized by users, it might be worth it for them to spend some time rethinking the metaphors and the user interface. I just thought it was funny. :-) Cheers, Scott.
Post #208,126 by ChrisR 5/20/05 12:18:10 PM Reply	Looks pretty straight forward to me. Microsoft simply standardized on a [link\|http://www.99-bottles-of-beer.net/language-befunge-88.html\|Funge] language that's a [link\|http://quadium.net/funge/spec98.html#Whatis\|one-dimensional Cartesian Lahey-Space]. :-)
Post #208,128 by Another Scott 5/20/05 12:28:38 PM Reply	:-)
Post #208,313 by static 5/23/05 7:31:12 PM Reply	LISS? Lots of Idiotic Semi-colons? :-) Wade Save Fintlewoodlewix
Post #208,348 by CRConrad 5/24/05 2:14:25 AM Reply	Invoking Captain Clarity, are we...?
Post #208,465 by static 5/24/05 10:14:17 PM Reply	Why? Are you he? Save Fintlewoodlewix
Post #208,487 by CRConrad 5/25/05 2:51:56 AM Reply	Uh... Nooo, not that I know of. Try thinking... ...thinking of someone else we know, who: A) Has espoused (sometime, somewhere; I can't recall which debate exactly) the view that languages that separate (or end) statements with semi-colons, like Pascal and C, are deficient for that reason, and, B) Is in the habit of claiming that his debating style is a paragon of clarity, whilst pretty much everybody else's is pretty much the opposite. Ring a bell now? (Though, yes, come to think of it, that point "B)" could pretty much be applied to me, too. :-) [link\|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode\|Christian R. Conrad] (I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.) Your lies are of Microsoftian Scale and boring to boot. Your 'depression' may be the closest you ever come to recognizing truth: you have no 'inferiority complex', you are inferior - and something inside you recognizes this. - [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=71575\|Ashton Brown]
Post #208,491 by static 5/25/05 3:20:12 AM Reply	Oh yeah... oops. Had a thinko. :-) Yes, I know who you mean, now. Actually, I've noticed he doesn't usually jump down _my_ throat. Must be all those flaming rows we haven't had.... :-P Wade. Save Fintlewoodlewix
Post #208,130 by a6l6e6x 5/20/05 1:33:55 PM Reply	Security through obscurity! :) Alex The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. -- Bertrand Russell

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