Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!thad
From: thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general
Subject: Re: which unix-pc files MUST be writeable by others?
Message-ID: <17736@cup.portal.com>
Date: 29 Apr 89 04:47:20 GMT
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Re: Daniel Levy's questions about which directories should be writeable ..

the /usr/lib/ua most definitely, so that anyone can do "rm -f /usr/lib/ua/*"
:-)  :-)   :-)   :-)   :-)   :-)   :-)

Seriously, I strongly suggest you acquire the book UNIX SYSTEM SECURITY, by
Patrick Wood and Stephen Kochan, publ. Hayden Books UNIX System Library.

If you follow the guidelines outlined in that book, both Ivan and Moammar will
be gnashing their teeth in frustration.  :-)  :-)  :-)

The default UNIXPC system "security" sucks dead bunnies through a straw.

Thad Floryan [thad@cup.portal.com (OR) ..!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad]