Hi,
I know how to apply group / world permission,
but e.g. can I do a chmod 700 to /etc/passwd ?
and it'll works? I mean what is the underlying
structure of the permissions?
THanks Tom
> I forgot to mention that the permissions need to be
> applied to the mount-point of that file-system.
>
> In addition, see the 'mount' command to mount a
> file-system as read-only(ro).
>
> HTH.
>
> Sanchet
>
> ~~ -----Original Message-----
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> ~~ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> ~~ Sanchet Surendra
> ~~ Dighe
> ~~ Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 5:47 PM
> ~~ To: Tom Beer
> ~~ Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ~~ Subject: RE: permissions
> ~~
> ~~
> ~~ If you want to allow only certain users to access a particular
> ~~ file-system, make a new group with those users and give the
> ~~ access-permissions to users from that group only, in addition
> ~~ to the owner. Do not give permissions to 'others'. So, the
> ~~ chmod command will look something like --
> ~~
> ~~ $ chmod u+rwx,g+rx,o= wk
> ~~
> ~~ 'o=' will disable all permissions for 'others'.
> ~~
> ~~ Sanchet
> ~~
> ~~ ~~ -----Original Message-----
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> ~~ ~~ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom Beer
> ~~ ~~ Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 3:11 PM
> ~~ ~~ To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ~~ ~~ Subject: permissions
> ~~ ~~
> ~~ ~~
> ~~ ~~ Hi,
> ~~ ~~
> ~~ ~~ does anybody know a guiding line how to
> ~~ ~~ set relative strict or even paranoid permissions,
> ~~ ~~ so that a "normal" user has limited access on the file
> ~~ ~~ system, or a document covering this topic?
> ~~ ~~
> ~~ ~~ Thanks Tom
> ~~ ~~
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