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From:	"Christopher Dale Campbell" <DaleCampbell AT revolutionist DOT com>
To:	"Corinna Vinschen" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: ntsec environment variable
Date:	Thu, 26 Apr 2001 15:20:52 -0400
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Anyone have any suggestions?


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From: "Corinna Vinschen" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: "Cygwin" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 5:32 AM
Subject: Re: ntsec environment variable


> On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 04:51:48AM -0400, Christopher Dale Campbell
> wrote: 
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> > - --SNIP--
> > > 
> > > And chmod is ok to use for all users as long as they have the
> > > permission to do so. But my instruction was buggy. Ok, *sic*,
> > > try that:
> > > 
> > > chmod 755 .
> > > chmod -R 755 bin
> > > find learn_c src -type d | xargs chmod 755
> > > find learn_c src tmp -type f | xargs chmod 644
> > > 
> > > Corinna
> > > 
> > - --SNIP--
> > 
> > Will this also work for / ?  As in, as 'administrator', could I
> > do a:  
> > 
> > find / -type d |xargs chmod 755
> > find / -type f |xargs chmod 644
> > 
> > Would that give most things the correct permissions?  Because
> > after a new install, and using the 'ntsec' env. var. all files
> > are 777 (-rwxrwxrwx).
> 
> That would be somewhat dangerous since all files which are
> executables need the x bit set. And that are not only .exe files
> but also .dll files and all shell scripts. So don't do this. Many
> small steps are better here.
> 
> Corinna
> 
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