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Date:      Tue, 3 Mar 1998 23:07:18 -0800 (PST)
From:      Tom <tom@sdf.com>
To:        Joe McGuckin <joe@via.net>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: URGENT HELP NEEDED
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980303230515.8985H-100000@misery.sdf.com>
In-Reply-To: <199803040710.XAA03742@monk.via.net>

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On Tue, 3 Mar 1998, Joe McGuckin wrote:

> Holy cow Batman!!! That's it. Somehow, '/' was changed to 700.
> 
> I would have never thought of that.
> 
> Why exactly does this break the system?

  It would mean that non-root users aren't allow to read any files,
anywhere.

  It should not be surprising, as this is how permissions work everywhere.

> Joe

Tom


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