From owner-freebsd-bugs Tue Aug 27 9:19:58 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C85737B400 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 09:19:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rhadamanth.submonkey.net (pc1-cdif1-6-cust12.cdf.cable.ntl.com [80.3.230.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96D7B43E42 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 09:19:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from setantae@submonkey.net) Received: from setantae by rhadamanth.submonkey.net with local (Exim 3.36 #1) id 17jj4F-0003KP-00; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 17:19:47 +0100 Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 17:19:47 +0100 From: Ceri Davies To: Matthias Buelow Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/42053: /root incorrect permissions Message-ID: <20020827161947.GA12477@submonkey.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri Davies , Matthias Buelow , freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org References: <200208271200.g7RC0ADb072126@freefall.freebsd.org> <3D6BA196.5000304@mukappabeta.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3D6BA196.5000304@mukappabeta.de> X-message-flag: All your linuxconf-configured redhat are belong to us. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 05:58:14PM +0200, Matthias Buelow wrote: > > > On a historical note, a quick google throws up a reasonably old post > > showing > > that permissions on /root have been 0755 for a long long time: > > http://makeashorterlink.com/?D41235F91 > > The posting says "root directory" (i.e. "/"), where a mode of 0700 > wouldn't make sense. Indeed. I stand corrected. Ceri -- you can't see when light's so strong you can't see when light is gone To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message