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From: ccastmg@prism.gatech.EDU (Michael G. Goldsman)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Student suspended for distributing /etc/passwd
Message-ID: <31241@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 12 Jun 91 20:24:50 GMT
References: <31124@hydra.gatech.EDU> <1991Jun12.145613.3329@percy.rain.com>
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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In article <1991Jun12.145613.3329@percy.rain.com> nerd@percival.rain.com (Michael Galassi) writes:
>ccastmg@prism.gatech.EDU (Michael G. Goldsman) writes:
>
>>the file is readable by the world after all.
>I beg your pardon? It is readable by anyone who has a login on the
>machine, this is NOT the same as the whole world (though it may seem
>so to an "exam-week-weary" person).  The twirp apparently mailed the
>file off-campus, a different (and better) world you will find when
>you recover from finals :-).
>
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
I meant "World" in UNIX speak.. (three level of permission, user, group world)
                                                          
The guy is definitely a twerp, I will not argue that point, but
therre are other things which bug me mainly the
vague desciptions as to what constitutes appropriate use etc...
                                                          
                                                          
-Mike
                                                          
                                                          
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