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Article #32Re: ownership of /bin/df and /etc/mtab
From: Gilles Detillieux
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 20:11
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 20:11
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In article <1993Jan6.064038.6744@proximus.north.de> gemoe@proximus.north.de (Gerhard Moeller) writes: > Well, maybe it's my fault, but I wonder why the permissions of mtab and df > are not right set, since 3.0: > > -rwxr-sr-x 1 root operator 6692 Jul 21 17:40 /bin/df* > -rw-r----- 1 root wheel 81 Jan 5 15:44 /etc/mtab > > With permissions like that only root and wheel are able to execute df. > (Very bad for news, as rnews needs df.) > > The question: Is is my fault and which group is wrong set? Well, without laying any blame, /etc/mtab usually is world-readable. (i.e. mode 664 or 644) The owner and group assignments are the same as on my NeXT. -- Gilles Detillieux <Gilles@scrc.UManitoba.CA> Spinal Cord Research Centre or <grdetil@gilles.scrc.UManitoba.CA> Dept. of Physiology, U. of Manitoba Phone: (204)788-6766 Winnipeg, MB R3E 0W3 (Canada) Fax: (204)786-0932
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.bugs Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!utcsri!newsflash.concordia.ca!mizar.cc.umanitoba.ca!news From: grdetil@scrc.umanitoba.ca (Gilles Detillieux) Subject: Re: ownership of /bin/df and /etc/mtab Message-ID: <C0I2qE.Gn2@ccu.umanitoba.ca> Sender: news@ccu.umanitoba.ca Nntp-Posting-Host: gilles.scrc.umanitoba.ca Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada References: <1993Jan6.064038.6744@proximus.north.de> Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 20:11:01 GMT Lines: 23