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From: chen@digital.sps.mot.com (Jinfu Chen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: Apollo problem list / tirade...
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Date: 27 Feb 91 18:36:01 GMT
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In article <2347@tuvie.UUCP> mike@vlsivie.tuwien.ac.at (Michael K. Gschwind) writes:
>The template files supplied by Hpollo are no good. Look at your
>node_data directory. It's probably writeable. Just about any APollo
>systems I have seen has writeable node_data directories. Remember: if
>you can write one component of the pathname, you can change all files
>below it. Now look what's in node_data and panic!

While I agree with the first point (default template is no sufficient),
there's no need to be panic for a wide open `node_data, PROVIDED following
directories are protected:

`node_data/etc and below
`node_data/cron and below
`node_data/dev


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