Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!super.upenn.edu!eecae!upba!qetzal!rcw From: rcw@qetzal.UUCP (Robert C. White) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Broken chmod Summary: how 'bout this Message-ID: <854@qetzal.UUCP> Date: 15 Dec 87 08:10:16 GMT References: <10841@brl-adm.ARPA> Organization: Mentor Software Inc., Thornton, Co. Lines: 23 In article <10841@brl-adm.ARPA>, rbj@icst-cmr.arpa (Root Boy Jim) writes: ----------------------------------------- % Why couldn't they just have done the following: [chmod with 0644 perms] % % cd /bin % cp cat foo # create foo with mode 755 % cp chmod foo # doesn't change mode of foo, or % cat < chmod > foo # doesn't change mode either % ./foo 755 chmod % rm foo ----------------------------------------- main() { chmod("/bin/chmod",0755); } Robert White -- //////////////////286 Moderator -- comp.unix.microport\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Email to microport@uwspan for info on the newsgroup comp.unix.microport. otherwise mail to microport@uwspan with a Subject containing one of: 386 286 Bug Source Merge or "Send Buglist" (rutgers!uwvax!uwspan!microport)