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Date:      Thu, 26 Aug 1999 23:22:14 +0200
From:      Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: mkfifo default creation mode 0777
Message-ID:  <19990826232214.A58056@keltia.freenix.fr>
In-Reply-To: <58500.935663066@axl.noc.iafrica.com>; from Sheldon Hearn on Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 12:24:26PM %2B0200
References:  <58500.935663066@axl.noc.iafrica.com>

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According to Sheldon Hearn:
> I can't see why we use 0777. Would bad things happened if I changed this
> to 0666 while I'm in there?

I don't think so. I don't see any need of allowing FIFO to be executable...

I'd say, go for it.
-- 
Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr
FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 4.0-CURRENT #73: Sat Jul 31 15:36:05 CEST 1999



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