From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E4yh7-0004Wr-Gb for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 10:29:21 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7GARnoZ007885; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 10:27:49 GMT Received: from lmfilto02.st1.spray.net (lmfilto02.st1.spray.net [212.78.202.66]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7GAKURM015415 for ; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 10:20:30 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lmfilto02.st1.spray.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4010018045B for ; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 10:21:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lmcodec04.st1.spray.net ([212.78.202.209]) by localhost (lmfilto02.st1.spray.net [212.78.202.32]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 30371-07 for ; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 10:21:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lmcodec04.st1.spray.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lmcodec04.st1.spray.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 06F05CF904 for ; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 10:21:09 +0000 (GMT) Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=lycos.co.uk; h=From:Subject; b=D4fTF/jZZrQaSfFN8uOQF9bv8yat2yRe3sRO9cEYXu64Qv8WRIySwy41DlA56SlByBttaEBkGD/4JHa76LbBW0NKjXnZk316QTjfgeWJnlNWbWnFv8050T+y13nYkdJoYYBtIO8muB9sirOh9P92y+mt7fgG2hWHxHl2gH1OgSE=; From: "Michael Kintzios" To: Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] I (user) can write to / ... but why? Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 11:21:02 +0100 Message-ID: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 In-Reply-To: <200508160917.40396.ext-dirk.heinrichs@nokia.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at spray.net X-Archives-Salt: a4fd4b04-7d91-4a14-90c5-5cede1df3618 X-Archives-Hash: 7e8b727d709f6a8d199b728cb78abfa2 > -----Original Message----- > From: Dirk Heinrichs [mailto:ext-dirk.heinrichs@nokia.com] > Sent: 16 August 2005 08:18 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] I (user) can write to / ... but why? > > > Am Dienstag, 16. August 2005 09:00 schrieb ext Ralph Slooten: > > > Yeah, there are other files scattered throughout the > filesystem owned by > > me. Some are due to being compiled as me, and installed as root > > If they were installed as root, they would be owned by root. > The reason must > be another. But since / is owned by you, it would have been > possible to > also "make install" as that user. Could it have something to do with axllent being in the portage group and the latter being left with its default access rights? (running as root) -- Regards, Mick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list