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From: sms@wlv.imsd.contel.com (Steven M. Schultz)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.2bsd
Subject: kernel makefiles (oops - slightly)
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Date: 8 Nov 90 22:26:16 GMT
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Reply-To: sms@wlv.imsd.contel.com (Steven M. Schultz)
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	The last posting regarding /sys/conf/Makefile and the mode
	of /unix was posted incomplete, i should have added an explanatory
	note.
	
	The public readability and group ownership is a local administrative 
	option, not something i should have bothered with.  In my haste
	to correct a perceived wrong i posted local administrative
	policy.  I'm not a fan of public readability of system binaries,
	NOT for security reasons but for disc space reasons: people make
	copies of things, pack-rat tendencies i guess.

	Being able to nlist(3) /unix without being able
	to read /dev/kmem (which should not be publically readable)
	does seem a bit silly at times, but if that's what is wanted
	then skip applying the patch.

	Steven M. Schultz
	sms@wlv.imsd.contel.com

p.s. keith, casey: thanks for the mail