Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 10:59:46 -0500 From: John Clark <jrclark@felix.iupui.edu> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: kernel file permissions Message-ID: <2.2.32.19960528110438.0030d694@felix.iupui.edu>
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Hello, I was looking at the default kernel permissions... Is there any need to have them so open? Why should there be read and execute permissions for the "other" group? I suppose, you could reverse that question on me: "why not let everyone read and execute it?" Anyway, it seems to work great like this: -r-------- 1 root wheel 705521 May 21 12:33 kernel -r-------- 1 root wheel 1139171 May 18 12:15 kernel.gen Call me anal, but this seems much more desirable. If someone knows of a reason why the above permissions may be bad (ie. different run levels?), please let me know -- but it works just fine as far as I can tell. Thanks again; --John [jrclark@indy.net]
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