From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Jun 30 10:35:57 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mta03-svc.ntlworld.com (mta03-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D271A37BA36 for ; Fri, 30 Jun 2000 10:35:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org) Received: from parish.my.domain ([62.253.87.25]) by mta03-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20000630173546.CVBJ290.mta03-svc.ntlworld.com@parish.my.domain>; Fri, 30 Jun 2000 18:35:46 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA00922; Fri, 30 Jun 2000 18:35:41 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 18:35:40 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Alan Clegg Cc: Stephen Hovey , freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Offensive figures (wa: Why?) Message-ID: <20000630183540.B232@parish> References: <20000630104345.B8409@shell.wetworks.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20000630104345.B8409@shell.wetworks.org>; from abc@shell.wetworks.org on Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 10:43:45AM -0400 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 10:43:45AM -0400, Alan Clegg wrote: > [moved to -chat] > > An SMTP stream claimed that Stephen Hovey muttered: > > > Oh I have an admin that just WONT chown a file or dir 666 - he does 777 or I read somewhere that Intel badged a PIII as 667MHz for the same reason. there really are some sad puppies in the world. > > 444... I think it runs along the same lines as a co worker years ago, > > when she lambasted me over the fact that I had purchased a real christmas > > tree - something about my contributing to the tear down of the rain > > forests I think.. > > Ah, the chmod 'problem' is easily workable: > > chmod a=rw filename > > So, there we go, a workaround. I guess the "right" thing to do would be > to disable the numeric mode. B-) > > AlanC {having just sent his 5 yr old to daycare wearing "Daemon Horns"} > http://alan.clegg.com/cgi-bin/USENIX?06210023.jpg > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message -- If I buy a copy of WinDelete, and it doesn't delete Windows, am I entitled to my money back? ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message