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RE: Permissions


From: "Chris Berry" <compjma () hotmail com>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 10:39:09 -0800

From: "Wajid" <wajid () clublookup com>
Its not bad coding practice, its people like you who don't know what
theyre doing.
The system needs access to files aswell, so you need to add SYSTEM or
EVERYONE so it can see it.

I disagree, I'm well aware that the system needs access to files, but their reliance on the EVERYONE group rather than SYSTEM or something else, is in my opinion a bad security model as it gives much broader permissions than are necessary just for the OS to access necessary files.

Chris Berry
compjma () hotmail com
Systems Administrator
JM Associates

"Live dangerously, overclock your servers."

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