From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 24 4:46: 8 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns2.wananchi.com (mail.wananchi.com [62.8.64.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3673937B40E for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2001 04:46:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wash by ns2.wananchi.com with local (Exim 3.33 #1) id 15lUAH-000MiK-00 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 24 Sep 2001 14:44:45 +0300 Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 14:44:45 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: chmod Message-ID: <20010924144445.F75389@ns2.wananchi.com> Mail-Followup-To: Odhiambo Washington , "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" References: <3BAE9A01.CC7F8176@home.com> <200109240238.f8O2cPu03999@home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="UnaWdueM1EBWVRzC" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200109240238.f8O2cPu03999@home.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.22.1i X-Disclaimer: My opinions do not necessarily represent those of my employer. X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.4-RC i386 X-Mailer: Mutt http://www.mutt.org/ X-Designation: Systems Administrator, Wananchi Online Ltd. X-Location: Nairobi, KE, East Africa. X-Uptime: 2:44PM up 18 days, 22:39, 4 users, load averages: 0.39, 0.49, 0.30 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --UnaWdueM1EBWVRzC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * mcbrune [20010924 05:37]: writing on the subject 'Re: = chmod' | It sets the SUID bit on the file. This will allow the executable to be ru= n as | the owner of the file. You can read the man page on chmod for more info. |=20 |=20 | Corey |=20 | > Hi all | >=20 | > What is the meaning of the figure '4'? | >=20 | >=20 | > chmod 4755 /usr/sbin/sendmail | >=20 | > Many tks Hmm, why did you do it? ;-) -Wash -- Odhiambo Washington Wananchi Online Ltd., wash@wananchi.com 1st Flr Loita Hse. Tel: 254 2 313985 Loita Street., Fax: 254 2 313922 PO Box 10286,00100-NAIROBI,KE. It is always good policy to tell the truth unless of course you are an=20 exceptionally good liar.=20 -Jerome K. Jerome=20 (contributed by Chris Johnston)=20 --UnaWdueM1EBWVRzC Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7rxytn7LIsuxjem8RAux0AJ9LZec+Fqmka52w4FyRoPb2PdfBVgCgtjnR Cwz47fuFOaQOhRvIkecNPdo= =S6QT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --UnaWdueM1EBWVRzC-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message