Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 23:26:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Alex Zepeda <garbanzo@hooked.net> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Keith Stevenson <k.stevenson@louisville.edu>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: userland ppp - startup Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907072326290.315-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <199907080619.XAA00867@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > Why is rc.conf readable by world?! > > > > > > Why not? > > > > What reason would the rest of the "world" have to read rc.conf? It could > > only create a possible security risk. > > This is shabby reasoning. rc.conf contains public system configuration > data, which may need to be consumed by non-root processes. What kind of non-root program would need to consume rc.conf? - alex I thought felt your touch In my car, on my clutch But I guess it's just someone who felt a lot like I remember you. - Translator To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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