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Jauder Ho
May 26, 1994, 4:15:18 PM5/26/94
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Are there any files in /etc that has to be permitted read-write
to users. Thanks.
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Stephen P. Potter
May 27, 1994, 10:34:58 AM5/27/94
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In article <2s300m$f...@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu> jaud...@umich.edu (Jauder Ho) writes:
Are there any files in /etc that has to be permitted read-write
to users. Thanks.
Are there any files in /etc that has to be permitted read-write
to users. Thanks.
Depends on your system. If your system has /usr/tmp, /usr/spool and things
like that (as opposed to symlinks to /var/tmp, /var/spool, etc), then many
of those need to be world read-write. Other than that, I can't think of
any that need to be.
Steve
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