Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 17:15:14 -0400 From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> To: 'Giorgos Keramidas' <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Permission denied when rebuilding locate db Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105D0A@site2s1>
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"/root" (as in root's home directory) not the root "/" -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Giorgos Keramidas [SMTP:keramida@ceid.upatras.gr] > Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 8:12 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Permission denied when rebuilding locate db > > "Francisco Reyes" <fran@reyes.somos.net> writes: > > > On Sun, 17 Oct 1999 14:44:02 -0400, Edirol wrote: > > > > /root was "750" so this is probably the case. > > This must be a bug. I can't think of any good reason to have /root "755" > > I can think of one. The users that are not in the group of `root' will > still > be able to `chdir / ' unless you're truly paranoid about them seeing > what's in > your root directory. > > -- > Giorgos Keramidas, <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> > "That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears." [Geoffrey Chaucer, > 1328-1400] > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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