Ted Harding wrote:

On 15-Feb-98 Bodo Bauer wrote:

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Hi,

SuSEconfig checks several file permissions (this is a security feature) and resets them if the don't fit /etc/permissions. To make the change of the permissions permanent change the line

/dev/zero root.root 644

in /etc/permissions to

/dev/zero root.root 666

They are set to 644 cause it doesn't make any sense to write to /dev/zero...

Hi Bodo et al,

With respect (and I mean it -- S.u.S.E. is a very nice distribution) I think it makes just as much sense to write to /dev/zero as to /dev/null. The differences

I don't think so. /dev/null is for writing and /dev/zero for reading of useless data.

is in reading. If setting idiosyncratic permissions is likely to cause several programs to misbehave, then please leave them as 666!

But anyway, may be you are right and we should turn the permissions to 666. I don't think it's a security hole to have it writable for everyone. Ciao, BB -- Bodo Bauer S.u.S.E., LLC fon +1-510-835 7873 bb@suse.de 458 Santa Clara Avenue fax +1-510-835 7875 http//www.suse.com Oakland CA, 94610 USA -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e