Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!Lepreau@UTAH-20.ARPA From: Lepreau@UTAH-20.ARPA Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: permissions on /usr/preserve Message-ID: <16294@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 2-Feb-84 03:05:18 EST Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.16294 Posted: Thu Feb 2 03:05:18 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Feb-84 02:37:40 EST Lines: 11 From: Jay LepreauI looked into this awhile ago, and it appeared to me that as ex.recover and preserve are written, making /usr/preserve 777 would open up a hole. Those programs should work, at least in 4.2, with it 755 (they are setuid). Have CCA emacs put its files somewhere else, say /usr/tmp. No guarantees above is correct, I only took a quick look. {hplabs,harpo}!utah-cs!lepreau -------