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Setting permissions for /bin/ksh

1997-08-29 06:06:38
Hi all...you might remember me, I was having trouble getting procmail
working.  Well, I've tracked down the source of the problem--in the log I
find:

/bin/ksh: /bin/ksh: cannot execute binary file

I've checked to make sure ksh is in the /bin directory (it is).  I'm
working on the assumption that procmail can't execute ksh because the
permissions are all set to root, and if I set its executable permissions to
global I can run it.

I know how to do that--my question is whether this is safe to do.  Being
relatively inexperienced with Linux/Unix, I'm concerned that giving global
access to ksh might be a security problem (you would think a tiny mail
server like mine wouldn't be noticed, but I've actually had an attempt at
mail relaying here...)

All help much appreciated as usual.  I feel like I should make brownies for
this group, or buy you a case of beer...

-Bertha                         http://www.mhn.org/~bertha

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