Re: [cobalt-developers] file permissions

["Robert S. Cowan" <robc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

    I also had this "mysteriously" happen to one of my servers today.
Selective directories under /home/sites/* -- my first thought was an
intrusion, but I can't support that.. I did have some mysterious ftp
activity.. any other reports?  Any ideas why this would happen?

r

----- Original Message -----
From: "cLive hoLLoway" <cLive@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 2:14 PM
Subject: [cobalt-developers] file permissions


> hi all
>
> i seem to have got myself a little stuck here.
>
> I have a directory with permissions:
>
> drwxrwsr-x
>
> I don't remember seeing the 's' before?
> what does the 's' mean?
> how could it have got there?
> how do I change it to an 'x'?
> what would changing it to an 'x' do?
> what's the safest way to analyse this further?
>
> I wrote an install script a few weeks ago and it worked fine. Recently,
> I've noticed that directories in the /home/sites directory have these
> permissions and that the setup script cannot copy files to a directory it
> creates under a directory with these permissions.
>
> is this anything to do with cgi-wrap?
>
> any thoughts anyone?
>
> thanks
>
> cLive ;-)
> perplexed
>
> cLive hoLLoway
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>
>
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