On Mon, 2007-04-09 at 17:37 -0700, Bob McGowan wrote: [snip] > One might wonder why it isn't just 600, if the only user needing access > is root? The answer may be in the permissions and owner/group: > > -rw-r----- 1 root shadow .... > > It would appear there are (or could potentially be) tools that need to > only read the file. Rather than make them set uid to root, which would > give them rw permission, they are set gid so they have ro permission, > which limits the damage they could potentially do.
You are correct. Things like authentication for various services are just one of many. -- greg, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at the playfield. -- Thane Walkup -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
