US paranoia...

1999-06-03 Thread Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker
I've just received the suggestion to make sure the VMS installation scripts make the executables execute-only. The corresponding on the Unixly side would be to give the binaries the protection 711 instead of 755. The reason would be that on a multiuser system, lusers wouldn't be able to copy

Re: US paranoia...

1999-06-03 Thread William M. Perry
Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've just received the suggestion to make sure the VMS installation scripts make the executables execute-only. The corresponding on the Unixly side would be to give the binaries the protection 711 instead of 755. The reason would be

Re: US paranoia...

1999-06-03 Thread Goetz Babin-Ebell
At 11:57 03.06.99 +0200, you wrote: I've just received the suggestion to make sure the VMS installation scripts make the executables execute-only. The corresponding on the Unixly side would be to give the binaries the protection 711 instead of 755. The reason would be that on a multiuser

Re: US paranoia...

1999-06-03 Thread Leland V. Lammert
At 06:26 AM 6/3/99 -0500, William M. Perry wrote: It would be silly to make this kind of change in the distribution. If you are lucky enough to not be in the united states, then this type of installation 'restriction' would be a hindrance. If someone in the US is so paranoid they feel these

Re: US paranoia...

1999-06-03 Thread William M. Perry
"Leland V. Lammert" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At 06:26 AM 6/3/99 -0500, William M. Perry wrote: It would be silly to make this kind of change in the distribution. If you are lucky enough to not be in the united states, then this type of installation 'restriction' would be a hindrance. If