Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!phri!roy From: roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Broken chmod Message-ID: <3067@phri.UUCP> Date: 14 Dec 87 23:43:33 GMT References: <10841@brl-adm.ARPA> Reply-To: roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) Organization: Public Health Research Inst. (NY, NY) Lines: 17 In article <10841@brl-adm.ARPA> rbj@icst-cmr.arpa (Root Boy Jim) writes: > Awhile back, somebody lamented the fact that their chmod had somehow > acquired mode 644. Since there was no way to chmod chmod because it wasn't > executable, they loaded it from a backup tape. Why not just compile: main () { chmod ("/bin/chmod", 0755); } and run it (probably suid to root)? -- Roy Smith, {allegra,cmcl2,philabs}!phri!roy System Administrator, Public Health Research Institute 455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016