From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jim Choate To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] permission bit of /mail/box In-Reply-To: <77039d6c59c342f67caf5e2532653730@plan9.bell-labs.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 10:55:48 -0500 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 3f2df424-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Sun, 21 Sep 2003, David Presotto wrote: > There's nothing wrong with having directories anyone can do anything in. Depends on context which is the real answer to the question. If you want anyone to be able to do anything to a particular branch that's cool, use 777. For most everything else it's a problem so you reduce permissions. -- -- God exists because mathematics is consistent, and the Devil exist because we can't prove it. Andre Weil, in H. Eves, Mathematical Circles Adieu ravage@ssz.com jchoate@open-forge.com www.ssz.com www.open-forge.com