Re: proper permissions for /usr/src/linux

2000-08-12 Thread Ethan Benson
On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 09:58:59PM -0400, Brian Stults wrote: What are the best permissions for this directory. I only ask because I noticed that on my home machine, they were as follows: drwxr-xr-x 15 1046 telnetd 4096 Aug 6 23:04 linux And at work, they were like this:

Re: proper permissions for /usr/src/linux

2000-08-12 Thread André Dahlqvist
On Sat, Aug 12, 2000 at 03:57:03AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: no, /usr/include/linux and /usr/include/asm should NOT be symlinked into your kernel tree. debian does this right unlike most redhat distros. Exactly. And Linus has also pointed out several times that people should *not* compile

Re: proper permissions for /usr/src/linux

2000-08-12 Thread Brian Stults
André Dahlqvist wrote: On Sat, Aug 12, 2000 at 03:57:03AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: no, /usr/include/linux and /usr/include/asm should NOT be symlinked into your kernel tree. debian does this right unlike most redhat distros. Exactly. And Linus has also pointed out several times

proper permissions for /usr/src/linux

2000-08-11 Thread Brian Stults
What are the best permissions for this directory. I only ask because I noticed that on my home machine, they were as follows: drwxr-xr-x 15 1046 telnetd 4096 Aug 6 23:04 linux And at work, they were like this: drwxr-xr-x 15 1026 user 2048 Jul 9 20:19 linux Any