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- From: grdetil@scrc.umanitoba.ca (Gilles Detillieux)
- Subject: Re: ownership of /bin/df and /etc/mtab
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- Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
- References: <1993Jan6.064038.6744@proximus.north.de>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 20:11:01 GMT
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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.
-
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