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From: peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: A challenge to all true hackers: objects and types
Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1993 10:56:43 GMT
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References: <1993Mar25.184157.1@vxcrna.cern.ch> <1ov988$5l6@umd5.umd.edu> <1993Mar26.222417.1@vxcrna.cern.ch>
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In article <1993Mar26.222417.1@vxcrna.cern.ch> roeber@cern.ch writes:
> However, it displeases people who take the strict approach of "if I
> set a directory to deny some access, everything beneath it has that
> access denied."

I would think so. You'd break 'chroot' completely, for example.

The UNIX security system might not be DoD-level secure, but it works
pretty well in practice (the biggest holes being trojan horses). Changing
the rules like this means pretty much starting over from scratch.
-- 
Peter da Silva.  <peter@sugar.neosoft.com>.
 `-_-'   Oletko halannut suttasi tänään?
  'U`    
Tarjoilija, tämä ateria elää vielä.