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From: japplega@csm9a.UUCP (Joe Applegate)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: super_user in fs
Message-ID: <462@csm9a.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 1-Jul-87 12:53:12 EDT
Article-I.D.: csm9a.462
Posted: Wed Jul  1 12:53:12 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 3-Jul-87 04:26:53 EDT
Organization: Colorado School of Mines
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Contrary to my previous posting commenting out the super_user check in
open.c (fs) did not solve my problem... only root can link or unlink
directories.... I finally have resolved myself to logging in as root
and then su to bin or jra... when I have to mkdir or rmdir I ^d back
to root... a real kludge!!!

I also discovered that when the system is recompiled only root can
sucessfully issue a su?

Am I missing something here or is there a marked difference between the
supplied binaries and the published code.... none of these problems appear
until I recompile mm and fs, which is nessecary to change the root device

I could just use root all the time but that sort of violates the protection
scheme... and chewing up 200 - 240K of the sparse memory resources of a
PC for an unnessecary ram disk IS a total WASTE!

    Joe Applegate - Colorado School of Mines Computing Center
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