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From: das@eplunix.UUCP (David Steffens)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Summary: What SUID, SGID and Sticky bits do on inappropriate files
Message-ID: <1023@eplunix.UUCP>
Date: 4 Feb 91 20:04:01 GMT
References: <1991Feb4.124123.25558@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>
Organization: Eaton-Peabody Lab, Boston, MA
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In article <1991Feb4.124123.25558@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>,
jmason@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Jamie Mason) says:
> ...  And what is mode 000 for?? ...

Testing the error traps in programs that expect
some file/directory to be always readable/writable.
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