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Anyone have any suggestions?
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From: "Corinna Vinschen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Cygwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 5:32 AM
Subject: Re: ntsec environment variable
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 04:51:48AM -0400, Christopher Dale Campbell
> wrote:
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> > > And chmod is ok to use for all users as long as they have the
> > > permission to do so. But my instruction was buggy. Ok, *sic*,
> > > try that:
> > >
> > > chmod 755 .
> > > chmod -R 755 bin
> > > find learn_c src -type d | xargs chmod 755
> > > find learn_c src tmp -type f | xargs chmod 644
> > >
> > > Corinna
> > >
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> >
> > Will this also work for / ? As in, as 'administrator', could I
> > do a:
> >
> > find / -type d |xargs chmod 755
> > find / -type f |xargs chmod 644
> >
> > Would that give most things the correct permissions? Because
> > after a new install, and using the 'ntsec' env. var. all files
> > are 777 (-rwxrwxrwx).
>
> That would be somewhat dangerous since all files which are
> executables need the x bit set. And that are not only .exe files
> but also .dll files and all shell scripts. So don't do this. Many
> small steps are better here.
>
> Corinna
>
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