From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: erc@pobox.com (Ed Carp)
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 21:31:11 -0800
Subject: [TUHS] v5 and v6 kernel is mode 777
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1502230657400.77856@aneurin.horsfall.org>
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 <alpine.BSF.2.11.1502230657400.77856@aneurin.horsfall.org>
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Yes - I remember those days!

BTW, ever tried running /unix from a shell prompt? :)


On 02/22/2015 12:01 PM, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Feb 2015, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> 
>>> There's no reason for it to be mode 777 is there?
>>
>> Not that I know of. Once UNIX has booted, it has no use for 'unix' (or 
>> whatever file it booted from), and the boot loader doesn't even read the 
>> mode.
> 
> Didn't "ps" try and read its symbol table?  I had fun days when I booted, 
> say, "/unix.new", and "ps" wouldn't sodding work...