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Old 01-13-2007, 04:54 PM   #1
bluesman2333
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MEPIS 6.01 read/write permissions problem


I installed Mepis 6.0 off of DVD on a machine that I sold. As part of the OS install, I added lines to the hosts file from MVPS and modified the resolv.conf file. I made them both read only. I went back to the resolv.conf as root and made one more change. I didn't think at the time but the file was read only. I double checked and it is definitely read only from the root account too, yet I was able to write to the files. Is there a way to fix this? I see this as a defect, but it might be normal for *Ubuntu based distros, or Linux in general for all I know. (I checked in Xubuntu and I can do the same thing)
 
Old 01-13-2007, 05:23 PM   #2
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My resolve.conf is owned by root ,group is tty , -rw-r--r--
Is yours the same except -r--r--r-- ? Or have you changed the group

Anyway I confirm that it is so with my machine too.
I changed permissions to read only and as root was still able to write to the file and save the changes

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Old 01-13-2007, 07:30 PM   #3
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Yup, mine are all read only. The group is root on the Xubuntu box and on the Mepis box, not TTY. I only changed the permissions to make them read only for everyone. For kicks, I think I'll install OpenSUSE 10.2 and try see what is on it.
 
  


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