Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 21:57:35 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <charon@labs.gr> To: default <default013subscriptions@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fw: file permission question Message-ID: <20011002215735.B13028@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <OE18zg8MTbQpYtMIO5p0000725a@hotmail.com> References: <OE18zg8MTbQpYtMIO5p0000725a@hotmail.com>
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default <default013subscriptions@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for the help... guess I'll leave those files as is... > > I've also changed the permissions on the commands/progs here: > > finger > last > lynx (just don't like other ppl usin it... ) $ cd ~/compile $ tar xzvf ~/ftp/lynx.tar.gz $ cd lynx $ [ configure --prefix="$HOME" ; make ; make install ] Anyone with a home directory and access to the compiler can build their own custom versions of utilities like lynx. There is not much point in having in your system software whose source is freely available on the net, and trying to restrict people from using it by changing permissions. -giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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