I believe he is referring to the file mod for unix systems. They are rwx-rwx-rwx, which stands for read write and execute for the owner of the file, anyone in the owner's group, and anyone. This is set by the mod command in unix.
Micorsoft products have a similar thing, which is controlled by the attrib command. But instead of read, write and execute, MS uses READ ONLY, HIDDEN, and SYSTEM. The atrib command uses a "+" to turn on the bit, and a "-" to turn it off, so doing a "attrib +r *.*" will make it so that every file in the directory cannot be overwritten or deleted until you do an "attrib -r *.*". In both cases you have to make the file writable (or not read only) to overwrite it. In MS products you also have to make it not read only to delete it as well. Marshall "James Osbourne, Holmes" wrote: > "rw-rw-rw-: The file protection of the beast!" > > Please explain. > > James-Osbourne: Holmes > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 5:53 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: CS>Virus > > Bob, > Zone Alarm is a firewall not an antivirus, but it is very useful. > If, for example, you get one of the trojans that allow remote control on > your > 'puter, ZA will trigger when it is activated and allow you to tend to it. > You still need regularly updated antivirus software to catch the buggers > when > they're incoming or activating or lurking. (I use AntiViral Toolkit). > > If you've never seen one, it's probably because it gets hung up in your > spell-check!! > Chuck > rw-rw-rw-: The file protection of the beast! > > On Sun, 08 Jul 2001 15:31:30 -0500, "Robert L. Berger" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >"Ole Bob" hee uses Netscape 4.7 and while people talk about virius, at this > >point I have never seen on. It maybe because I have Zone Alarm running. Its > >free so maybe some of you should install it. > > > >Before I put it in the background on one saturday morning Itpicked up 80+ > hits > >in about an hourwhere people were trying to read my machine. > > > >"Ole Bob". > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > [email protected] -or- [email protected] > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
