On Sun, 14 Nov 1999, Ethan Benson wrote: erbens > erbens >does anyone know the exact rational for the root.staff 2775 erbens >permissions on /usr/local? I suppose it could theoretically be used erbens >to allow a privileged user to do make installs on non packaged erbens >software and have it work in /usr/local, but there are some problems
i dont know either, but i run sxid-secure, and i make sure all 2775 stuff is wiped, (-sgid) on a daily basis. along with most other s[gu]id stuff, i see debian defaults to 2755 on the home directories as well. nate ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 7:15am up 87 days, 18:48, 2 users, load average: 1.45, 1.55, 1.54
