Xref: utzoo comp.unix.questions:14725 comp.unix.wizards:17151 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!iuvax!bsu-cs!dhesi From: dhesi@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Rahul Dhesi) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: at files and permissions Message-ID: <8122@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> Date: 7 Jul 89 00:54:13 GMT References: <8072@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> <228@arnor.UUCP> Reply-To: dhesi@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Rahul Dhesi) Distribution: na Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana Lines: 16 In article <228@arnor.UUCP> uri@arnor.UUCP (Uri Blumenthal) writes: [ objecting to my recommendation "when you discuss a security problem that is specific to System V, please be sure to say so clearly, else you may confuse naive users." ] >First of all, not everybody familiar with System V, knows exactly which >features of BSD (and what version!) it has or has not. So, for example, >I didn't know that you can do "chown" only being root... The problem is easily solved. Don't say (or even imply) "UNIX" at all unless you are sure you are making a general statement. Just mention specifically what operating system and revision level you are discussing (e.g. "System V Release 3" or "4.3BSD"). -- Rahul Dhesi UUCP: ...!{iuvax,pur-ee}!bsu-cs!dhesi