> The permissions of '/etc/rmtab' read > > -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 58 Feb 18 12:29 rmtab > > To my mind, this is wrong. They should be somethig like: > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 58 Feb 18 12:29 rmtab > > Am I right?
Yes, it should definately be -rw-r--r--. > Any comments? > $ ls -al /etc/mtab -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 421 Feb 14 21:49 /etc/mtab That's on two independantly installed computers over here, and I also checked on a ISP near me, who happens to be running Debian. So, could this be something that was left on your system from a really old installation? If so, I guess the base system should check for it and offer to remove the world-writablility. -- joost witteveen [EMAIL PROTECTED] I came, I saw, ..., well, it wasn't free so I left again. (LUA, 1988) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]