[1173] in bugtraq
Directory bits under Unix
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dr. Frederick B. Cohen)
Fri Mar 3 19:16:50 1995
From: fc@all.net (Dr. Frederick B. Cohen)
To: bugtraq@fc.net
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 1995 17:51:36 -0500 (EST)
The situation gets far more complex in network file systems. For
example, when a PC running PC-NFS mounts a directory on a System 5 Unix
box, things work differently than mounts on a Sun system. In other
words, the same bits mean different things to different computers in the
same network. Want a different interpretation of protection? Go to a
different computer!
Just thought I'd add some fuel to the setgid bit fire.
FC
