From 2a997e50cb898d687ece34df298c58664c3c3033 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Manoj Ampalam Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2017 22:25:51 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Security protection of various files in Win32 OpenSSH (markdown) --- Security-protection-of-various-files-in-Win32-OpenSSH.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Security-protection-of-various-files-in-Win32-OpenSSH.md b/Security-protection-of-various-files-in-Win32-OpenSSH.md index 82713d4..18f60d1 100644 --- a/Security-protection-of-various-files-in-Win32-OpenSSH.md +++ b/Security-protection-of-various-files-in-Win32-OpenSSH.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Various OpenSSH resource files are integral to secure working of both server and client stacks. Here we discuss how to protect these resources, how OpenSSH for Windows enforces permission checks and individual case studies on how to fix any permission related issues. -Improper file permissions will likely result in a broken configuration (OpenSSH fails to work). [Utility scripts](https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/wiki/OpenSSH-utility-scripts-to-fix-file-permissions) included in release payload can help with fixing any permissions related issues. +Improper file permissions will likely result in a broken configuration (OpenSSH fails to work). Powershell based [Utility scripts](https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/wiki/OpenSSH-utility-scripts-to-fix-file-permissions) included in release payload can help with fixing any permissions related issues. Here, you'll find icacls based commands to fix such issues. 2 fundamental reasons leading to the differences between how these permission checks work on Unix vs Windows: - SuperUser on Unix maps to either [System (SY)](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms684190(v=vs.85).aspx) or AdministratorsGroup (AG) on Windows.