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From: frank@zen.co.uk (Frank Wales)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: HP-UX problems and suggestions (s800)
Keywords: HP-UX s800 3.1
Message-ID: <1721@zen.co.uk>
Date: 1 Oct 89 17:01:00 GMT
References: <1717@zen.co.uk> <245@zircon.UUCP>
Reply-To: frank@zen.co.uk (Frank Wales)
Organization: Zengrange Limited, Leeds, England
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In article <245@zircon.UUCP> davidb@Pacer.UUCP (David Barts) writes:
>In article <1717@zen.co.uk>, frank@zen.co.uk (Frank Wales) writes:
>> 4) HP-UX is consistently shipped with inappropriate file . . .
>> . . . *No* executable should be readable (or writable!).
>
>Shell scripts need BOTH read and execute permission; binaries
>only need execute.

Sorry, maybe I was unclear; I use the terms "binary" and "executable"
interchangably; when I say executable, I never mean anything which
requires an interpreter.
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Frank Wales, Systems Manager,        [frank@zen.co.uk<->mcvax!zen.co.uk!frank]
Zengrange Ltd., Greenfield Rd., Leeds, ENGLAND, LS9 8DB. (+44) 532 489048 x217