[SunHELP] Problem with Patchadd]

[Ben Ricker]

On Tue, 2003-10-14 at 18:03, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 06:10:07PM -0400, Dale Ghent wrote:
> > Well, the patch HAS to be readable by user nobody for it to install.
> > 
> > So either:
> > 
> >     chown -R nobody <patch directories>
> >  or
> >     chmod -R o+r <patch directories>
> 
> The latter (or chmod -R a+r) would be very much preferable.  Half the
> point of the nobody UID is that the nobody user should NEVER own or have
> write permission on any files.  Thus, in the event some goblin manages
> to compromise a service running as nobody, it's of little import because
> he can't actually change anything.

Either way, the a+r makes no difference.

Thanks,

Ben Ricker
Wellinx.com