From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 16 19:50:31 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4325D1065670; Sun, 16 Sep 2012 19:50:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: from ms16-1.1blu.de (ms16-1.1blu.de [89.202.0.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFE5D8FC0A; Sun, 16 Sep 2012 19:50:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.113.98.97] (helo=tiny.Sisis.de) by ms16-1.1blu.de with esmtpsa (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TDKrB-0006Az-O0; Sun, 16 Sep 2012 21:50:22 +0200 Received: from tiny.Sisis.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tiny.Sisis.de (8.14.5/8.14.3) with ESMTP id q8GJoEPk001384; Sun, 16 Sep 2012 21:50:15 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: (from guru@localhost) by tiny.Sisis.de (8.14.5/8.14.3/Submit) id q8GJoEMU001383; Sun, 16 Sep 2012 21:50:14 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) X-Authentication-Warning: tiny.Sisis.de: guru set sender to guru@unixarea.de using -f Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 21:50:14 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz To: Matthew Seaman Message-ID: <20120916195013.GA1358@tiny.Sisis.de> References: <50562121.2030507@dreamchaser.org> <50562A8C.9040504@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <50562A8C.9040504@FreeBSD.org> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT r226986 (i386) User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Con-Id: 51246 X-Con-U: 0-guru X-Originating-IP: 82.113.98.97 Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: What are negative permissions? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Matthias Apitz List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 19:50:31 -0000 El día Sunday, September 16, 2012 a las 08:37:48PM +0100, Matthew Seaman escribió: > It's where the group ownership of a file gives it fewer permissions than > are allowed for the world in general. > > Suppose you have a file with these permissions and ownership: > > foo bar -rwx---r-x > > ... So far so good (and correct) the theory. But, could you imagine a real world example where this makes any sense? thanks matthias -- Matthias Apitz | /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign: www.asciiribbon.org E-mail: guru@unixarea.de | \ / - No HTML/RTF in E-mail WWW: http://www.unixarea.de/ | X - No proprietary attachments phone: +49-170-4527211 | / \ - Respect for open standards