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If you assume a non-Administrator/non-UAC elevated user can't delete anything in c:\windows this does raise the question of why the Linux subsystem has so many
by voltagex_ 10y ago
If you assume a non-Administrator/non-UAC elevated user can't delete anything in c:\windows this does raise the question of why the Linux subsystem has so many privileges
- stormcloud 10y ago> Files currently loaded by the Windows kernel and files not > writable by users in the Administrator user group in Windows > will not be deleted Based on that sentence, I assumed the command was being executed by a user in the Administrator group
- wvenable 10y agoI'm curious about this myself. I would have to be an elevated command prompt to do this natively in Windows. I would assume that, by default, the Linux subsystem runs non-Elevated. If this is not the case then the Linux subsystem is a bit of security risk in Windows.
- dogma1138 10y agoYou would have to be in an elevated command prompt and manually take ownership from "trusted installer" in order to do it.