[HLUG] Permissions

[Tom English]

----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Broadbent <mgjbroadbent at googlemail.com>
Date: Friday, January 6, 2006 11:53 am
Subject: Re: [HLUG] Permissions

> On 06/01/06, Tom English <mr_tom at o2.ie> wrote:
> > The thing about sticking with tuesday as meeting day was put in 
> the wrong email, oops.
> >
> > It was / and everything underneath it, but I decided to 
> reinstall Slackware last night.
> >
> > I've read on some things on chmod and the recursive option, and 
> it seems that there is an option (--preverse-root) to stop 
> accidents such as chmod -R 777 * in /, but this is not the default.
> >
> > I might write a simple script to call chmod with --preverse-root 
> for the future.
> 
> or if you use bash then you could put this in your login script
> (~/.bashrc) or system wide profile (/etc/profile):
> 
> alias chmod chmod -preverse-root

Aah, thanks for that tip.
> 
> and anytime you call chmod it'll append the extra option.
> 
> > Matt - MySQL has always given me permission problems (aswell as 
> sendmail, etc) - part of the fun... :)
> 
> I've never had permission problems with either or these, but maybe I
> just got lucky?  But if you find yourself considering using 777 I can
> promise you that nighty-nine times out of hundred there is a better,
> more secure way, I promise!  What were you trying to do that made you
> consider that drastic action?

I was looking at /tmp and allowing apache/php to write to it.

The MySQL problems I've had in the past have been wrong username for dirs, etc.
I probably should get used to setting correct permissions, instead of just 777 for convenience.
> 
> Cheers
> Mark
> 
> >
> > Tom.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Mark Broadbent <mgjbroadbent at googlemail.com>
> > Date: Friday, January 6, 2006 9:52 am
> > Subject: Re: [HLUG] Permissions
> >
> > > Hi Tom,
> > >
> > > On 05/01/06, Tom English <mr_tom at o2.ie> wrote:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > In trying to set some permissions, I've got lost, and ended up
> > > setting / to 777.
> > >
> > > Was that just / or / and everything underneath it?
> > >
> > > > When booting, I get errors about certain files being these
> > > permissions, but the odd file is easy to chmod.
> > > >
> > > > However, X doesn't work, and I think are some files which need
> > > to be 1777 (something to do with TCP??, not sure though).
> > >
> > > Some parts of X require that the setuid bit to be set on some 
> of it
> > > binaries to allow normal users to access the video card.
> > >
> > > > Is it possible to restore the permissions, or would it just be
> > > easier to backup, and re-install?
> > >
> > > It's a backup and reinstall I'm afraid.
> > >
> > > > Sorry wasn't at the meeting, will hopefully be able to get to
> > > one soon - I think sticking with tuesday may be the best option.
> > >
> > > Surely you mean Thursday?
> > >
> > > > I'm going to try and attend this months meeting, but cannot
> > > guarantee it...
> > >
> > > Next time, try popping an email to the group and we'll try to 
> help you
> > > set up the permissions you require.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Mark
> > >
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