Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!columbia!rutgers!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!tektronix!tekgen!tektools!gvgpsa!davew From: davew@gvgpsa.UUCP (Dave White) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Ultrix 1.2 uudecode file owner problem Message-ID: <492@gvgpsa.UUCP> Date: Fri, 3-Jul-87 11:53:27 EDT Article-I.D.: gvgpsa.492 Posted: Fri Jul 3 11:53:27 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 5-Jul-87 21:21:10 EDT References: <644@uhccux.UUCP> Reply-To: davew@gvgpsa.UUCP (Dave White) Organization: Grass Valley Group, Inc., Grass Valley, CA Lines: 13 In article <644@uhccux.UUCP> david@uhccux.UUCP (David Lassner) writes: >Ultrix 1.2 uudecode insists on creating files with root as the owner. Is there >a common solution that we're missing? We don't have sources. >-- Ultrix 1.2, as distributed, has uudecode file permissions set as 4755 (set UID on execution). Do a "chmod 755 uudecode" while logged in as root and this should solve your problem. -- =================================================================== Dave White Grass Valley Group, Inc. P.O. Box 1114 Grass Valley, CA 95945 UUCP: ...!tektronix!gvgpsa!davew PHONE: +1 916 478 3052