Re: [newbie] Swap file has insecure permissions

[Michael Doyle]

Arend teRaa wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Whenever I reboot my Linux Box (Mandrake 5.3 with kernal 2.2.3), I see
> a message go by that says "Activating swap partitions swapon:
> warning: /dev/hda5 has insecure permissions 0660, 0600 suggested"
> and then continues on.  Should I worry about this, and if so how do I fix
> it?
> 
> Thanks
> Arend teRaa

G'day

Not a big worry and this is fixed with -->> chmod 0600 /dev/hda5

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Michael Doyle
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