Re: Setting Permissions For /etc and /etc/mail

2003-01-12 Thread Unix Tools
Hi, Check ee /etc/mtree/BSD.root.dist they chmod /etc, /etc/mail to 755 Cheers - Original Message - From: Yeah! [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 01:04 AM Subject: Setting Permissions For /etc and /etc/mail Can someone tell me the chmod

Setting Permissions For /etc and /etc/mail

2003-01-10 Thread Yeah!
Can someone tell me the chmod commands I need to type to get the permissions to match those below: drwxr-xr-x 16 root wheel 2560 Jan 6 10:01 /etc/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 1024 Dec 25 18:47 /etc/mail/ Thanks, JP __ Do you Yahoo!?

Re: Setting Permissions For /etc and /etc/mail

2003-01-10 Thread Larry Rosenman
--On Friday, January 10, 2003 11:34:08 -0800 Yeah! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can someone tell me the chmod commands I need to type to get the permissions to match those below: drwxr-xr-x 16 root wheel 2560 Jan 6 10:01 /etc/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 1024 Dec 25 18:47 /etc/mail/ chmod

Re: Setting Permissions For /etc and /etc/mail

2003-01-10 Thread Doug Reynolds
On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:34:08 -0800 (PST), Yeah! wrote: Can someone tell me the chmod commands I need to type to get the permissions to match those below: drwxr-xr-x 16 root wheel 2560 Jan 6 10:01 /etc/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 1024 Dec 25 18:47 /etc/mail/ man chmod --- doug

setting permissions

2002-11-02 Thread Charles Pelletier
i want to be able to run tail while NOT in root. is there a quick way to give permission to another user solely for the purpose of running tail? Charles Pelletier Tech. Coordinator St Luke's School To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of

Re: setting permissions

2002-11-02 Thread Jerry McAllister
i want to be able to run tail while NOT in root. is there a quick way to give permission to another user solely for the purpose of running tail? What do you want to run tail on? It doesn't require root unless the file is read-only root. Or is this some other tail? jerry Charles

Re: setting permissions

2002-11-02 Thread Charles Pelletier
- Original Message - From: Jerry McAllister [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Charles Pelletier [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 8:21 PM Subject: Re: setting permissions i want to be able to run tail while NOT in root. is there a quick way to give

Re: setting permissions

2002-11-02 Thread Lefteris Tsintjelis
-rw--- 1 root wheel - 0 Oct 9 15:46 /var/log/security Only root can tail that file unless u chmod (highly NOT recommended). If u choose to do so u must also change newsyslog.conf. this, exactly, is what i am doing: tail -f /var/log/security To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL

Re: Setting permissions for a user

2002-10-26 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Adam Bender [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I would like to create an account to be used for FTP. Since the password will be known by a couple people / could be sniffed since it's not sftp, I would obviously like to limit the powers of this user as much as possible. Specifically, I would like it

Re: Setting permissions for a user

2002-10-26 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Adam Bender [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 26 Oct 2002, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Adam Bender [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I would like to create an account to be used for FTP. Since the password will be known by a couple people / could be sniffed since it's not sftp, I would obviously

Re: Setting permissions for a user

2002-10-26 Thread Soren Harward
On Sat 26 Oct 2002 at 12:33:47, Lowell Gilbert said: Thanks for the help. Does this mean I should add /nonexistent to /etc/shells, since ftpd will not allow a user to connect who is not using a shell in that file? Sort of. I'd recommend doing that with a different shell name, not one

Re: Setting permissions for a user

2002-10-26 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Unix Tools [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Assign the user an rbash shell. Quite restrictive. It's not restrictive enough for a potentially malicious user (which is the case here, because the original poster knew the password could be sniffed). If you're going to give a shell at all in such cases,

Re: Setting permissions for a user

2002-10-26 Thread Unix Tools
Hi, Assign the user an rbash shell. Quite restrictive. Thank You. - Original Message - From: Adam Bender [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 10:30 AM Subject: Setting permissions for a user I would like to create an account to be used for FTP

Setting permissions for a user

2002-10-25 Thread Adam Bender
I would like to create an account to be used for FTP. Since the password will be known by a couple people / could be sniffed since it's not sftp, I would obviously like to limit the powers of this user as much as possible. Specifically, I would like it to be able to create and read files in it's

Re: Setting permissions for a user

2002-10-25 Thread mjoyner2
Quoting Adam Bender [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I would like to create an account to be used for FTP. Since the password will be known by a couple people / could be sniffed since it's not sftp, I would obviously like to limit the powers of this user as much as possible. Specifically, I would like