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Re: CERT Advisory CA-93:17
From: alpa () mbari org (Patrick Allen)
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1993 07:55:40 -0800
On Nov 17, 3:21pm, Niko.Makila () csc fi wrote:
Subject: Re: CERT Advisory CA-93:17 Peter's message dated: Tue, 16 Nov 1993 15:35:27 PST% cat >! /tmp/fofo < ... etc ... >It seems like at least on some systems you can only create files, not append to or replace existing files. //niko -- End of excerpt from Niko.Makila () csc fi
I've tried this on a couple of our HP systems (300's and 700's running both 8.07 and 9.01). It seems as if I can only create log files in directories where I have write permission. For example, /etc is 755 owned by root so I can't create any log files (even using the default name) there. If I change the permission of /etc to 777 then I'll be able to create and update files for which I have write permission. Again, passwd seems to be protected since it's 444. Have I missed something or have others seen similar results? -- Patrick Allen (alpa () mbari org) Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Voice: 408-647-3724 160 Central Ave, Pacific Grove, CA 93950 FAX: 408-649-8587
Current thread:
- CERT Advisory CA-93:17 Peter shipley (Nov 16)
- Re: CERT Advisory CA-93:17 bb () math ufl edu (Nov 16)
- Re: CERT Advisory CA-93:17 Niko.Makila () csc fi (Nov 17)
- CERT Advisories wanted James M Buggar (Nov 17)
- Re: CERT Advisories wanted Bryan Koch (Nov 17)
- Re: CERT Advisories wanted Del Armstrong (Nov 17)
- Re: CERT Advisories wanted John Hawkinson (Nov 17)
- Re: CERT Advisory CA-93:17 Patrick Allen (Nov 17)
- Re: CERT Advisory CA-93:17 Peter shipley (Nov 17)
- Re: CERT Advisory CA-93:17 Niko.Makila () csc fi (Nov 18)
- CERT Advisories wanted James M Buggar (Nov 17)
- xterm in usenet scott () santafe edu (Nov 17)
- Re: CERT Advisory CA-93:17 Henri De Valois (Nov 17)
- Re: CERT Advisory CA-93:17 Peter shipley (Nov 17)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: CERT Advisory CA-93:17 Dave Goldberg (Nov 17)
- Re: CERT Advisory CA-93:17 Peter shipley (Nov 17)
- Re: CERT Advisory CA-93:17 John Hawkinson (Nov 17)
- Re: CERT Advisory CA-93:17 Chris Siebenmann (Nov 17)
- Re: CERT Advisory CA-93:17 Peter shipley (Nov 17)
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