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From: eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Preserving file ownerships on OD?
Message-ID: <1788@toaster.SFSU.EDU>
Date: 22 Jun 91 13:29:05 GMT
References: <1991Jun20.220525.5015@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <1768@toaster.SFSU.EDU> <11043@idunno.Princeton.EDU>
Reply-To: eps@cs.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
Organization: San Francisco State University
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In article <11043@idunno.Princeton.EDU>
	sksircar@shade.princeton.edu (Subrata Sircar) writes:
>Wait.  Are you people saying that if I log in to the Next, and insert a backup
>optical disk (made by root) that all of the files on that disk are now owned
>by me?  Even if the mountable media has root-owned files?

That's EXACTLY what happens.  Whatever ownership was recorded on
the disk is ignored on read, and any files you create as yourself
will be created as if by root!

All the security and convenience of MS-DOS!
(Who says the NeXT can't emulate a PeeCee well?)

					-=EPS=-