Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site h-sc1.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!h-sc1!thau From: thau@h-sc1.UUCP (robert thau) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Unix already has "attributes"... Message-ID: <547@h-sc1.UUCP> Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 21:10:38 EDT Article-I.D.: h-sc1.547 Posted: Tue Aug 20 21:10:38 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 23-Aug-85 20:37:26 EDT References: <3398@decwrl.UUCP> <2000018@ccvaxa> <1314@eagle.UUCP> <2636@sun.uucp> <467@baylor.UUCP> Organization: Harvard Univ. Science Center Lines: 15 > Yeh, executability should perhaps be handled by a magic number. Of course this > would break shell scripts, but that's been done before. Of course it IS easier > to type 'chmod +x file' than to reconstruct the header... > -- > Peter da Silva (the mad Australian werewolf) One thing to keep in mind: execute-only privilege. The only real reason for it that I can think of is spoiler-hiding for adventure games, but it seems that *somebody* wants it. (Opinion: any security scheme which depends critically on withholding the code that implements it has failed before it starts). -- Robert Thau \ Keeper of the *FLAME* )) rst@tardis.ARPA ( ( h-sc1%thau@harvard.ARPA \\