sreangsu acharyya rearranged electrons thusly:
> stupid of me .should have checked the permissions. But thanks suresh for
> pointing that out ( should have been flamed !!). I am thinking about
> changing the permissions to
> rwxr--r-- root root /etc/hosts
Not dangerous - but a simple precaution against - say - trainee admins playing
around with their first root password ;) I've seen that happen ...
> i shouldnt be that dangerous
If that's just a personal workstation, relax - on a production box leave these
write protected ;)
-s
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