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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