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From: shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin
Subject: Re: Who's in charge here: Oracle or Unix?
Keywords: Oracle, system, files
Message-ID: <237@raysnec.UUCP>
Date: 7 Feb 91 00:48:48 GMT
References: <635@uswnvg.UUCP>
Organization: IRS/CI - Technical Solutions Branch
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gbarnet@uswnvg.UUCP (Gary Barnette) writes:
>Request for open discussion:

>There has been a battle going on around here on administrating
>some of the system flat files associated with Unix. The file of concern
>are /etc/passwd, /etc/group, /etc/hosts, and some configuration files 
>used by a menuing system. 

	Well, I cast my vote strongly with the SA staff - and not just
because I've spent much of my UN!X career as an administrator. For years
I've blasted programs that usurp system priviledge without cause, and
even cast a few words about programmers who are too lazy to work out a
proper permission strategy. (Some guidelines for programmers in this
regard can be found in _Unix_System_Security_ by Wood and Kochan.)

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