[CLUE-Tech] Re: Ever Changing Permissions

[Joe Linux]

David Unseemly wrote:

>So now we know that chattr doesn't work on xfs either (it may work on
>reiser by now).  Do the xfs docs say anything about how it handles
>permissions?  Is there any kind of config file for xfs?
>
>You might consider asking on a mandrake list.  But let us know what the
>answer is.
>
>Dave
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After doing three installs of Red Hat 7.3 and then another install of 
Mandrake 8.2 using the "ext3" file system, I found the program which was 
overwriting the permissions of "/home/users" was "msec."

"msec" is Mandrake's computer security program and you have to have it 
set on "high" as opposed to "standard" to get the system to block one 
user from entering another user's territory.

Perhaps Mandrake should rename their "standard" security level as "poor" 
since "high" is actually standard.

The only rationale I can think of is that that consider the dominate O$ 
as "standard" which actually equates to "poor."

By the way, "msec" can be easily reset with the Mandrake Control Center GUI.