From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 32683 invoked from network); 26 Jan 2021 09:00:10 -0000 Received: from 1ess.inri.net (216.126.196.35) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 26 Jan 2021 09:00:10 -0000 Received: from icebubble.org ([174.136.103.210]) by 1ess; Mon Jan 25 14:02:08 -0500 2021 Received: from petunia by icebubble.org with local-bsmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1l3ZLn-00062Y-5T for 9front@9front.org; Sun, 24 Jan 2021 06:58:19 +0000 Received: from rusat by cmarib.ramside with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1l3Yxy-0001G0-5L for 9front@9front.org; Sun, 24 Jan 2021 06:33:42 +0000 From: magma698hfsp273p9f@icebubble.org To: 9front@9front.org References: Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2021 06:33:42 +0000 In-Reply-To: (ori@eigenstate.org's message of "Sat, 23 Jan 2021 13:31:25 -0800") Message-ID: <861rean8s9.fsf@cmarib.ramside> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii List-ID: <9front.9front.org> List-Help: X-Glyph: ➈ X-Bullshit: social interface strategy singleton out-scaling-oriented manager Subject: Re: [9front] notes on user none Reply-To: 9front@9front.org Precedence: bulk ori@eigenstate.org writes: > One thing that's worth noting: The reason that none > only looks at world permissions is that *anyone* can > become none with no authentication -- which means > that a file readable by none is equivalent to a world > readable file. > > Making 'none' only look at the world permissions is > a reasonable way to avoid fooling yourself. Um. What if the file is owned by "none", but chmod 0400? The u+r would suggest that it would be readable. But, if only world permissions are checked, the o-r suggests that it would be be unreadable.