Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2001 17:17:08 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@freebsd-services.com> To: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@freebsd-services.com>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@freebsd-services.com Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/tip/tip Makefile src/gnu/libexec/uucp/cu Makefile src/gnu/libexec/uucp/uucp Makefile src/gnu/libexec/uucp/uuname Makefile src/gnu/libexec/uucp/uustat Makefile src/gnu/libexec/uucp/uux Makefile Message-ID: <200109091617.f89GH8J17855@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> of "Sun, 09 Sep 2001 01:43:30 PDT." <200109090843.f898hUj32094@earth.backplane.com>
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> :> 1.7 +2 -1 src/gnu/libexec/uucp/uux/Makefile
> :
> :Why are you doing this ? You need to protect the parent directories
> :if you hope to protect the contents.
> :
> :This just prevents foot-shooting.
> :
> :--
> :Brian <brian@freebsd-services.com> <brian@Awfulhak.org>
>
> Go back and read the whole thread, you obviously haven't.
Thread ? I hadn't read any of it before I saw the commit.
> This is starting to get repetitive. *THINK* people!
I didn't understand your commit message to mean you were
preventing the owner from overwriting their own binaries...
After reading the thread on -security, I completely agree with
your commit.
> -Matt
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