On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 23:26:44 +0000, "Derek Jennings"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

> > Its called 'security' You may not have heard of it if you have been using
> > Windows.
> >
> > Mandrake runs a script hourly called 'msec' to ensure that your box is
> > secure to prevent it being compromised. One of the checks it does is to
> > ensure that the ownership of files is secure. Everything in /usr ought to
> > belong to root. So if you change anything then msec will change it back
> > again.
> > If you want to override msec for this folder then you can use the drakperm
> > security GUI in Mandrake Control Centre. The manual describes it here
> > http://www.mandrakeclub.com/docs/9.2/en/Drakxtools-Guide.html/drakperm.html
> >
> > and you can read more about msec here
> > http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/msec.php
> >
> > derek
> 
> If I can add to my own post.
> A simple way around the issue is to mount your drive in /mnt  msec will
> not 
> complain about the ownerships in there.
> 
> derek

Thanks Derek, I guess this points to my confusion about what should go
where and what the various directories are for. I didn't know under which
directory a shared file system would belong.

Lee B.

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