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- From: brians@rigel.cs.pdx.edu (Brian Smith)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: Fix for problem with tip in 386BSD
- Message-ID: <5940@pdxgate.UUCP>
- Date: 28 Jul 92 15:03:07 GMT
- Article-I.D.: pdxgate.5940
- Sender: news@pdxgate.UUCP
- Organization: Portland State University, Portland, OR
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- Well, IT WORKS! I have been waiting for a free UNIX for about 5 or 6
- years now, so this is a moment of rejoicing. The only problem I had
- that wasn't my fault was with the tip program.
-
- First, the /etc/remote file needs an alias for the dial2400 entry to
- be tip0. Second, the permissions are wrong. Tip is suid uucp, but
- the locks directory /var/spool/lock is owned by root. One can either
- make the lock directory owned by uucp (I think this is the better idea)
- or one can make the tip program be set *group* id. The lock is the
- same group id (wheels) as tip.
-
- Now, I said that I think that making the lock directory owned by uucp
- is the better idea, but that is only theoretically. I don't know if that
- would break any programs (I have been malformed by early system administration
- exposure to System V, shudder). So, I then recommend that newbies such as
- myself make tip sgid. If you don't know what I mean, then:
- chmod 2540 /usr/bin/tip
-
- Brian Smith
-
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