File permissions under SunOS 4.1.1
    Robert Perlberg 
    number1!perl%step at uunet.uu.net
       
    Tue Feb 19 05:43:00 AEST 1991
    
    
  
In article <1501 at brchh104.bnr.ca>, emperor!unicorn!brucek at uunet.uu.net (Bruce Klein) writes:
> Is there a good reason for any of these files to be world writable, or can
> I restrict access?
/etc/utmp must be world writable since shelltool creates entries there.
This is an acknowledged problem.
Robert Perlberg
Dean Witter Reynolds Inc., New York
{murphy | philabs | chuo}!step!perl
    
    
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