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From: rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com
Subject: [9fans] Plan9 permissions
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 10:26:10 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <19970915142610.kf9GfGwwZiJWH3uDhXaaub4WQTKEM1mhz4VLa1hT5Bg@z> (raw)

	lucio@proxima.alt.za writes:

	description of permissions, and it seemed equally silly.  But in 
	practice the owner may prefer to be reminded not to alter the contents 
	of a file that a log process is allowed to update.

i don't know.  that implies that the log process is not
running as you, i.e. is running as none or another user, like "upas".
if another user, then make that user the owner of the file.
if "none", think strongly about the append-only flag.
the editors warn about that, and it encourages others not
to edit the file either.

russ




             reply	other threads:[~1997-09-15 14:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1997-09-15 14:26 rsc [this message]
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1997-09-15 19:33 G.David
1997-09-15 17:59 rsc
1997-09-15 15:18 G.David
1997-09-15 15:15 Lucio
1997-09-15 14:38 G.David
1997-09-15 14:22 Lucio
1997-09-15 13:52 rsc
1997-09-15 13:28 G.David

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