Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 14:15:20 -0800 (PST) From: zerotransfer@freebsd.org To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cvsup Handbook Example Message-ID: <20030221221520.0B1E743FB1@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
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A personal attack early in your email, you didn't waste time. Actually what 666 corresponds to in decimal or what it is in base 8 is irrelevant to me. If 666 was the most secure or insecure chmod number than I might think that had something to do with it. The point being the significance of the motivation for using it and I know of no special significance as opposed to another number except for the obvious connotation. zerotransfer <>< ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Swiger" <cswiger@mac.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 5:05 PM Subject: Re: Cvsup Handbook Example > zerotransfer@bellsouth.net wrote: > > More than the number, the issue for me is the motivation of why that number > > was used. Why use one of the only three digit numbers that I know of that > > is associated with evil to at least one belief? See my point? > > Certainly. Your point appears to be that you are too ignorant to know that > Unix mode bits are represented in octal, not decimal. > > [ "rw-rw-rw-" is 666 in base 8, which is 438 in decimal. "666" in decimal > corresponds to Unix mode "--w--rx-wt", not that either one has any religious > connotations whatsoever. It must be nice to not have any genuine or > substantive problems to deal with, if this actually matters to anyone.... ] > > -Chuck > > Chuck Swiger | chuck@codefab.com | All your packets are belong to us. > -------------+-------------------+----------------------------------- > "The human race's favorite method for being in control of the facts > is to ignore them." -Celia Green To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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