From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: dave@horsfall.org (Dave Horsfall) Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 07:01:38 +1100 (EST) Subject: [TUHS] v5 and v6 kernel is mode 777 In-Reply-To: <20150222195031.6EA2D18C0DD@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> References: <20150222195031.6EA2D18C0DD@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> Message-ID: 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... -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Bliss is a MacBook with a FreeBSD server." http://www.horsfall.org/spam.html (and check the home page whilst you're there)