Re: Umask 002 policy
On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 10:54:29PM +0000, Clive Menzies wrote:
> However, I personally did chmod -R 770 on the basis that there aren't
> usually executables in people's data files (at least not the users I'm
> catering for). Nevetheless I can see the desirability of eliminating
> the possibility of malicious scripts being executed.
aargh! don't do that! the x bit is your friend! you can use David's
script to fix the damage.
Why do you think email viruses are so common on windoze? it's because
they don't have an x bit.
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