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From: tif@cpe.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Fix to printer.c
Message-ID: <6600002@cpe>
Date: 14 Dec 88 21:39:00 GMT
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Written  5:17 pm  Dec 12, 1988 by sultra.UUCP!dtynan in cpe:comp.os.minix
>I noticed that if I set the protection of an executable to 511, then no-one but
>the owner can execute it.  This is not the case with System V.  Is this a bug
>or a feature?

The behavior you describe would be correct for shell scripts, incorrect for
a real executable.

			Paul Chamberlain
			Computer Product Engineering, Tandy Corp.
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