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Re: Initiating pppd as a user
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rich Shepard)
Mon Nov 2 11:03:57 1998
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 20:01:01 -0800 (PST)
From: Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>
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On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Thomas Ribbrock (Design/DEG) wrote:
> Errm, unlesss you want *everybody* to be able to change those scripts, I'=
d
> recommend giving them 755 as permissions! This equals to -rwxr-xr-x, wher=
eas
> 777 equals -rwxrwxrwx. Usually, I also change ownership of all files that=
I
> place myself in "official" areas (e.g. /usr/local) to root.root, as I reg=
ard
> this as "tidier" - only root should be able to mess around with /usr,
> ordinary users should be restricted to their $HOME. This might not be as
> important on a single user system, but as soon as you have more than one
> user, it is definitely good practice.
Thomas,
Another valuable point noted and taken. Will do.
=20
> Just my =A30.02,
With inflation it's worth more today.
Thanks!
Rich
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