From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 18 14:12:11 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns.clientlogic.com (mail-buffalo-usa.clientlogic.com [207.51.66.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F38614F36 for ; Mon, 18 Oct 1999 14:12:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ChrisMic@clientlogic.com) Received: by site0s1 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Mon, 18 Oct 1999 17:12:10 -0400 Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105D0A@site2s1> From: Christopher Michaels To: 'Giorgos Keramidas' , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Permission denied when rebuilding locate db Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 17:15:14 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "/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" 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, > "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