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Re: [cobalt-users] user priviledges
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] user priviledges
- From: Jeff Lovell <jlovell@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue Jan 23 10:19:05 2001
- Organization: Cobalt Networks, Inc.
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
On Mon, 22 Jan 2001, Zeffie wrote:
> > How can I allow non super user accounts to use the "write"
> > command? The priviledges on the file are rwxr_xr_x... yet
> > only the super user can use "write" to send messages, I
> > always get this message:
>
> Just do a
> chmod 777 filename
It is usually a good rule of thumb to never chmod 777
anything in /dev without knowing exactly what you
are doing. And for that case, it is usually a bad
idea to 777 anything anytime. Think about what is
happening and who really needs access to it.
Jeff
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Jeff Lovell
Sun Microsystems
Server Appliance Business Unit