Re: [HACKERS] mode of libs

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu (Thomas G(dot) Lockhart)
Cc: vadim(at)sable(dot)krasnoyarsk(dot)su, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] mode of libs
Date: 1998-02-26 14:27:22
Message-ID: 199802261427.JAA13874@candle.pha.pa.us
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> > Not true. As long as someone has read or execute permission on a
> > directory, they can read/write any file in that directory they have
> > permission for. What they can't do is add or delete file based on the
> > directory permission.
>
> Sure. I must be missing the point (as usual :), because my directory protections look like:

Sorry, count me an idiot. I see what you mean now. The pgsql/data
directory is rw-------, which makes all files underneath unreadable by
anyone but the superuser. There is no problem. Sorry.

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