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Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 11:32:06 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: Cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: ntsec environment variable
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In-Reply-To: <002d01c0ce2e$216ddf00$c4332041@campbell>; from DaleCampbell@revolutionist.com on Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 04:51:48AM -0400

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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