Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!edcastle!hwcs!zen!frank 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 Lines: 14 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. -- 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