On Sun, Jul 09, 2000 at 01:35:12PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > (if you want to see something interesting though try this: fakeroot > /sbin/shutdown -r now)
The hard drive spun, a beep was emitted, and the process ground to a stunning halt. I am deciphering the error messages now. <g> All kidding aside, that is an educational exercise in the present context. > it is also debian policy that all binaries have 0755 permissions when > non-suid for the above reason, and suid binaries must have world read > permission at a minimum (no 4111 or 4711 type permissions) again for > the same reason, anyone can get and read the file out of a .deb. Thanks. Much light shed. This list is the *best*. -- Bob Bernstein | No country with a McDonald's outlet has at | ever gone to war with another. Esmond, R.I., USA | -- James Langton