kernel makefiles (oops - slightly)

Steven M. Schultz sms at wlv.imsd.contel.com
Fri Nov 9 09:26:16 AEST 1990


	The last posting regarding /sys/conf/Makefile and the mode
	of /unix was posted incomplete, i should have added an explanatory
	note.
	
	The public readability and group ownership is a local administrative 
	option, not something i should have bothered with.  In my haste
	to correct a perceived wrong i posted local administrative
	policy.  I'm not a fan of public readability of system binaries,
	NOT for security reasons but for disc space reasons: people make
	copies of things, pack-rat tendencies i guess.

	Being able to nlist(3) /unix without being able
	to read /dev/kmem (which should not be publically readable)
	does seem a bit silly at times, but if that's what is wanted
	then skip applying the patch.

	Steven M. Schultz
	sms at wlv.imsd.contel.com

p.s. keith, casey: thanks for the mail



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