On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 08:25:04AM -0700, Pat Maddox wrote: > On 3/19/06, Ceri Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 19/3/06 10:58, "Pat Maddox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I have a backup script that runs every night, backing up everything to > > > a backup drive. When the security script runs, it finds a bunch of > > > setuid files at /backup - I'd like to ignore those files, so I don't > > > have to wade through them every day. I also back up to a remote > > > server and it results in the same thing. How can I make it skip over > > > the backup dir, or at least ignore it in the output? The cron file in > > > question is /etc/periodic/security/100.chksetuid > > > > The best way to be to mount /backup nosuid. > > How about on the other server? The files go to the /home partition > (and that's where they have to go).
I'd do the same there unless there is a good reason not to (and the same
for /tmp, /var/, etc) as SOP anyway.
Ceri
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