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From: uriel@cat-v.org
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: [9fans] Re: wiki changes
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:20:59 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5d269f5f0524f5f5148a6b20bd66ac62@cat-v.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b8fb0cd32aa3b19d181f5b0db1fec046@swtch.com>

>> I don't think I ever created the /adm/keys file and it all "just
>> worked", /adm is mode 775 adm:sys and the user is assumed to be in
>> group sys, so it should not be a problem, I think.  But my picture of
>> how all this fits together is not very clear, so probably I got
>> something wrong.
> 
> i thought adm was mode 775 adm:adm.
> that's what the proto file says. 
Not in any of the systems I have here, and I have never touched them (one is a fresh install
from a couple of weeks ago):

% ls -ld /adm
d-rwxrwxr-x M 8 adm sys 0 Feb 4 07:44 /adm

What is the purpose for the adm user/group?  Shouldn't sys be enough?
I'm probably missing something obviously.

uriel



       reply	other threads:[~2006-02-16 16:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <b8fb0cd32aa3b19d181f5b0db1fec046@swtch.com>
2006-02-16 16:20 ` uriel [this message]
2006-02-16 11:24   ` Russ Cox
2006-02-16 16:44     ` uriel
2006-02-16 17:22       ` Russ Cox
     [not found] <4cd2b7e516bb1cf90dbf06fe748780bc@swtch.com>
2006-02-16 16:10 ` uriel

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