File permissions under SunOS 4.1.1

Robert Perlberg number1!perl%step at uunet.uu.net
Tue Feb 19 05:43:00 AEST 1991


In article <1501 at brchh104.bnr.ca>, emperor!unicorn!brucek at uunet.uu.net (Bruce Klein) writes:
> Is there a good reason for any of these files to be world writable, or can
> I restrict access?

/etc/utmp must be world writable since shelltool creates entries there.
This is an acknowledged problem.

Robert Perlberg
Dean Witter Reynolds Inc., New York
{murphy | philabs | chuo}!step!perl



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