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Subject: Re: Proper Permissions
From: Dale Cook <cdm @ hyperk . com>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 11:21:36 -0700
To: majordomo-users @ greatcircle . com

At 09:37 AM 11/28/95 -0800, James Eagan wrote:
>I know that the problem with majordomo is permissions.  Can anyone give 
>me the proper permissions for everything?  I have majordomo running on a 
>non-POSIX system.  I have the wrapper properly compiled (it was running 
>perfectly until the permissions got screwed up).  I know that files 
>should be 664 and dirs and executables should bee 775.  But what is the 
>"full" permission supposed to be (i.e. 4755 or whatever).  I know I found 
>this somewhere in one of the FAQ or README files, but I can't seem to 
>find it again.

"wrapper" is the only program that need be setuid (permission bit 4xxx).  
It should probably have a mode of 4750 and must belong to the majordomo 
group and be owned by root.

----dale
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