Re: Internet Worm

George Hodson (george@siltrain.demon.co.uk)
Tue, 18 Oct 94 01:58:47 BST

Paul Daw said...

> Yeah, really.
> 
> Reminds of the "bin owns /etc" security hole.  Since when does someone
> need to own a file to move it outta the way?  :-)
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

That wasn't a bug, just inappropriate ownership :-)

I got loadsa heat about my comment regarding permissions on directories.

Listen you bunch of propellor-heads, before you hassle me to death,
please learn/understand directory permissions, obviously a good number
of us don't !-)

regards

George