Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 01:15:22 GMT From: James Raynard <fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk> To: bill@twwells.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: a talkd/write improvement I made Message-ID: <199606280115.BAA09748@jraynard.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4qur3j$qr0@twwells.com> (bill@twwells.com)
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[Rationale for improvement, with which I can identify 8-)] > : How about *not* allowing the write if .talkrc exists but is > : unreadable? That way, I can make my .talkrc readable by a group that > : represents, for example, people working on the same project, and use > : it to filter them more selectively, while shutting everyone else out. > > That doesn't resolve the problem. The usual problem is people > protecting their home directories. Then, I can't tell if they > have a .talkrc. Actually, you can if you check errno (if it doesn't exist, you get ENOENT, if it exists but you don't have permission, you get EACCESS). > Also, your suggestion isn't going to do much for talkd.... Not sure I follow you. Since talkd runs as root, it will be able to read the file whatever the permissions on the path components are, won't it? -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland james@jraynard.demon.co.uk
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