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Date:      Wed, 10 Jun 1998 14:55:16 +0800
From:      Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>
To:        Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
Cc:        brian@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-usrsbin@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/ppp Makefile 
Message-ID:  <199806100655.OAA04808@spinner.netplex.com.au>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 07 Jun 1998 10:57:35 %2B1000." <199806070057.KAA08914@godzilla.zeta.org.au> 

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Bruce Evans wrote:
> >  Modified files:
> >    usr.sbin/ppp         Makefile 
> >  Log:
> >  Make ppp world-readable so that root can get at it over
> >  NFS when nobody isn't in group network :-)
> 
> I suppose `chmod a+r' is the correct fix for other executables that
> can't be run by root over nfs or backed up by group operator:
> 
> -r-x------  1 bin   bin       208896 Jun  4 17:50 sbin/init*
> -r-sr-x---  1 root  operator  147456 May 30 18:37 sbin/shutdown*
> ---s--x--x  2 root  bin       466944 May 30 18:36 usr/bin/sperl4.036*
> ---s--x--x  2 root  bin       466944 May 30 18:36 usr/bin/suidperl*
> -r-sr-x---  1 uucp  uucp      225280 May 30 18:30 usr/libexec/uucp/uuxqt*
> -r-sr-x---  1 root  network   389120 Jun  4 17:27 usr/sbin/ppp*
> -r-sr-x---  1 root  network   180224 May 30 18:44 usr/sbin/sliplogin*
> -r-x------  1 bin   bin       114688 May 13 05:05 usr/sbin/watch*

NFS has permission hackery to convert an 'x' into an 'r' bit for files so
they can be read for execution.

> Bruce
> 

Cheers,
-Peter
--
Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>   Netplex Consulting



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