From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 21 14:16:48 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32D6337B401 for ; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 14:16:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from bellsouth.net (adsl-81-38-216.asm.bellsouth.net [65.81.38.216]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0B1E743FB1 for ; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 14:15:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from zerotransfer@freebsd.org) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org subject: Re: Cvsup Handbook Example Message-Id: <20030221221520.0B1E743FB1@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 14:15:20 -0800 (PST) From: zerotransfer@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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" To: 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