Xref: utzoo comp.unix.questions:9497 comp.bugs.sys5:594 Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!ispi!jbayer From: jbayer@ispi.UUCP (id for use with uunet/usenet) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.bugs.sys5 Subject: Re: SVR3 passwd changes mode of passwd file Summary: Not on Xenix Message-ID: <197@ispi.UUCP> Date: 27 Sep 88 15:54:44 GMT References: <3394@dunkshot.mips.COM> <7@marvin.UUCP> <3699@dunkshot.mips.COM> <131@cetia.UUCP> Organization: Intelligent Software Products, Inc. Lines: 17 In article <131@cetia.UUCP>, chris@cetia.UUCP (Chris Bertin) writes: . . To change the mode of a file without being requested to is one thing, but . SYSV does much better when it comes to the 'utmp' handling. For fun, do . . $ cp /etc/passwd /tmp . $ ls -l /tmp/passwd . $ who /tmp/passwd . $ ls -l /tmp/passwd . . If the utmp code finds that the file you are doing 'who' on is not in 'utmp' . format, it ZEROES the file!!! Thank you AT&T. who is non-destructive on SCO Xenix. I just tried it. Jonathan Bayer Intelligent Software Products, Inc.