From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 1 18:41:34 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 734651065670 for ; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 18:41:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nlandys@gmail.com) Received: from qw-out-2122.google.com (qw-out-2122.google.com [74.125.92.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C6618FC1F for ; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 18:41:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qw-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 8so949860qwh.7 for ; Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:41:33 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=wXpH7WCL3A7z3leW2Qd/og97obrRej1QRriLTyHA7ZU=; b=rEIbXEpJwcsBulNXkyuJHccOEJrUMeHkZUZA2Us6ckgOI7H7mSyN4voTwDGnYqJrhp wahxVJ2K5hJGF6hAStnqxOmoGRYHrY0Hoy3vJdgoG4r69tSXxNmaogpw+qzSany4RPGk whDfJRlJw4ByaVIRCTV0MxEUU2tCLjX3W72z0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=kskQ6HSNHvcapSGUjrJVcZbEeh0/M9Yavz3z6oUvVdJ97EUFyAiy5W4cd5+i/dCbdW Tx1DFQADd/4YpzVVNrYEOa/oVah0q7U0R8T95ZUN9ROFrYxurDl3H4kiZJVAIefrdE14 RUFOHRH2Yan/HN66HqCpy6FeMfBUw39aNOiUk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.3.202 with SMTP id 10mr1759220qco.103.1265049693416; Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:41:33 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <44ljfc2a2w.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <560f92641001312208r1af8a8a2j2be83fe231ad8d74@mail.gmail.com> <44ljfc2a2w.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 10:41:33 -0800 Message-ID: <560f92641002011041x484518bdqc9828eff404254fb@mail.gmail.com> From: Nerius Landys To: Lowell Gilbert Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: /root permission reset on boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:41:34 -0000 >> I'm running FreeBSD 7.1 i386, and even after I "chmod 700 /root", >> after a reboot it goes back to permission 755. >> 1. What's the reason for this? There must be a good reason and I >> would like to know it. Everything in FreeBSD just makes sense and is >> well designed (honestly, no sarcasm here). > > It's something local to your machine; this doesn't happen on any machine > I've used, and I can't find anything that could be configured for that. Perhaps I was mistaken about this happening after every reboot. Perhaps it only happens when I upgrade my world (make buildworld, make installworld, etc.). I do this often (every time a release patch is released). So, perhaps this only happens during these upgrades?