Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 20:23:44 -0600 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Basic Security Question Message-ID: <199812180223.UAA02591@n4hhe.ampr.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> of "Thu, 17 Dec 1998 14:05:44 %2B1030." <19981217140544.Z486@freebie.lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey writes: > Interesting question. In fact, there isn't much in /etc that needs to > be user-readable. /etc/passwd springs to mind (some programs still > read user data out of it; "/bin/ls -l" comes to mind as a program that reads /etc/passwd. Except apparently under FreeBSD. I just removed read from group and other on /etc/passwd and "ls -l" still expanded user ID's to usernames. Guess the library was reading /etc/pwd.db. OTOH if /etc/passwd isn't readable in SGI's Irix, "ls -l" lists user ID numbers, not names. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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