On Feb 20, 11:08am, Olly Betts wrote:
> Subject: Re: Installing
> KLE@SWE.GPPM.DE wrote:
> >I  want to install them on my HD from this CDROM .
> >(I don't like to use Floppies :-)) . Is it possible to copy them
> >from RISCOS with unixfs on the BSD partitiion ? I tried
> >it yesterday,  but I got them message "permission denied"
> >when trying to create the DIR "distrib" (I think this is the right
> >place to store the sets in) or trying to copy the sets via drag and
> >drop. Do I have to change the write permissions from RISCOS or
> >from RISCBSD.
>
> >From RiscBSD.  Use:
>
> chmod a+w /usr/distrib
>
> To give (A)ll write permission.  You'll need to be root to do this.
>
> >Should I remember the permissions and reset them to
> >the previous values after copying or does it not matter ?
>
> Probably best to leave the directory world writable as it'll be useful next
> time you want to copy stuff across.  It's a bit of a security hole in that
> anyone with an account on your system can tamper with files in /usr/distrib,
> which means ideally you should move the files somewhere else in single user
> mode, before going multiuser.  This isn't a problem if you're the only user
> though.  For reference, you can reset the permissions using:

If you set the sticky bit on the directory using chmod then it is no less
secure than files in /tmp.

Cheers

Rob