On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote:
> Does anyone know if /etc/lilo.conf has to have any specific permissions,
> or can it be set to something like 600?
That's fine. In fact, if you're using the "password=" directive, /sbin/lilo
will emit a warning message if anyone else can read the file.
> I think that 600 is okay. Actually, I think 400 is okay. It just needs root
> read permissions afaik.
Actually, 000 is okay. Remeber, you're running /sbin/lilo as root. :-)
> Give it a shot and reboot, if it doesn't work, you'll know :)
The real concern is when you try to run the installer. At boot time, LILO
is accessing the raw disk directly using BIOS INT13. There are no file
permissions. There is no filesystem. There isn't even a kernel. :-)
> And while you're at it, see what happens when you boot without a /etc/passwd
For even more fun, remove /sbin/init and /bin/sh and see what happens. ;-)
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Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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