Date: Sat, 03 May 1997 20:47:58 -0800 From: abc xyz <un_x@anchorage.net> To: The Devil Himself <fullermd@narcissus.ml.org> Cc: freebsd-questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: permissions Message-ID: <336C14FE.41C67EA6@anchorage.net> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96.970504051735.20229A-100000@narcissus.ml.org>
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The Devil Himself wrote: > > On Sat, 3 May 1997, Steve Howe wrote: > > > > > why is it that i can open, modify, and save changes to a > > file with r--r--r-- perms (as root)? shouldn't a file be > > read only under these conditions? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > What do you mean, "as root"? i mean i can do these things as root (2.2.1). i guess i should've added that the files ARE owner root, group wheel. i don't think i should be able to modify such files, but i can. it's interesting that you say you can't. are you using 2.2.1? > If the file belongs to root, and you are anyone, including root, then you > have a problem. > Doesn't sound like a common one, because I had some files on my system > r--r--r-- owner root, group wheel, and I got annoyed because I couldn't > save changes, even as root. > |"I hate quotes in signature files" :-} MAtthew Fuller| -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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