Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 10:41:33 -0800 From: Nerius Landys <nlandys@gmail.com> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: /root permission reset on boot Message-ID: <560f92641002011041x484518bdqc9828eff404254fb@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <44ljfc2a2w.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <560f92641001312208r1af8a8a2j2be83fe231ad8d74@mail.gmail.com> <44ljfc2a2w.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
>> I'm running FreeBSD 7.1 i386, and even after I "chmod 700 /root", >> after a reboot it goes back to permission 755. >> 1. What's the reason for this? There must be a good reason and I >> would like to know it. Everything in FreeBSD just makes sense and is >> well designed (honestly, no sarcasm here). > > It's something local to your machine; this doesn't happen on any machine > I've used, and I can't find anything that could be configured for that. Perhaps I was mistaken about this happening after every reboot. Perhaps it only happens when I upgrade my world (make buildworld, make installworld, etc.). I do this often (every time a release patch is released). So, perhaps this only happens during these upgrades?
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?560f92641002011041x484518bdqc9828eff404254fb>