On Thu, Jun 04, 1998 at 01:39:10PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 3 Jun, Adrian Bridgett wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 03, 1998 at 03:52:12PM -0400, <click_here> wrote: > >> I recently chmod / -R 777 my system to try and cure a permission problem I > >> was having, I know - major stupid, This might be the problem. > > > > I think I'd do a reinstall after this - I doubt that it will introduce > > permission problems, but security will be .. lacking. > > > >> My delema is not knowing how to reverse the 777 stuff, or where to fix the > >> lpd. > > > > I'd give up on the first on I think :-( > > > > I think it would be great if perhaps the Contents files that are on the > ftp sites would also list the permissions of the files as they are > installed. This would at least help those that have permission > problems. It won't help for files that are created in setup scripts > but it would be better that a complete reinstall. My $0.02.
Oddly enough, someone at work was mentioning that on HP, the permissions are listed in a file, so why don't we do something similar and add the permissions into /var/lid/dpkg/info/<package>.list. This could be useful - if you install a package with messed up permissions, any *upgrades* won't change those permissions to the correct ones without "chmod/chown" calls in the postinst. Mind you, he then had problems with "chown" setting the permissions of a *symlink* (i.e. the symlink itself was being set to mode 550 !!). I'm glad I'm on Linux :-) Adrian email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.poboxes.com/adrian.bridgett Windows NT - Unix in beta-testing. PGP key available on public key servers Debian Linux http://www.debian.org The superior Linux distribution -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
