On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 07:28:12 -0500 HaywireMac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 06:55:46 -0500 > Lee Wiggers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > Must be msec. perms are back to root as we speak. Can anyone > > tell me how to make the changes stick? > > edit (or create, if it's not already there): > > /etc/security/msec/perm.local > > more info: > > http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/secure/smsec.html > > you would have something like this in your perm.local file: > > /path/to/file user.group [permissions] > > where permissions are octal, like 644 or whatever is required. > > Just out of curiosity, what security level are you at? If this is > your workstation, you might want to consider lowering your > security level. > > *Some* people uninstall msec altogether. Unless you make it a > habit of running around changing perms on random directories, it's > not really necessary, esp if your machine is not running servers > that need to be secured. > > -- > HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 > Registered Linux user #282046 > Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Normal times may possibly be over forever. > > I'm running a webserver just to learn how. (aeis.tv) I don't even know how to change the files served from the default /var/www, but don't change permissions or ownership without knowing why. Anyone comment? Should I keep msec? Don't have a perm.local. Lee -- User #223705 Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org
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