11-23-2006
No matter what are the reasons, 777/666 is always a bad idea. There are other ways of allowing access to files (groups, ACLs) as said before.
Quote:
Lets say someone broke into my garage and the files were not chmod'ed 666 or 777, (all files are 644 right now) are you saying that all they can do is look around and read files? But if the files were 666 or 777 they could do whatever they want to?
That's right. No matter what method was used to get acces to your files, in fact user's privileges are irrelevant in this case. From my point of view this is the main reason against "777/666".
Regards.
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runit-init
runit-init(8) System Manager's Manual runit-init(8)
NAME
init - a UNIX process no 1
SYNOPSIS
init [ 0 | 6 ]
DESCRIPTION
runit-init is the first process the kernel starts. If runit-init is started as process no 1, it runs and replaces itself with runit(8).
If runit-init is started while the system is up, it must be either called as init 0 or init 6:
init 0 tells the Unix process no 1 to shutdown and halt the system. To signal runit(8) the system halt request, runit-init removes all
permissions of the file /etc/runit/reboot (chmod 0), and sets the execute by owner permission of the file /etc/runit/stopit (chmod
100). Then a CONT signal is sent to runit(8).
init 6 tells the Unix process no 1 to shutdown and reboot the system. To signal runit(8) the system reboot request, runit-init sets the
execute by owner permission of the files /etc/runit/reboot and /etc/runit/stopit (chmod 100). Then a CONT signal is sent to
runit(8).
EXIT CODES
runit-init returns 111 on error, 0 in all other cases.
SEE ALSO
runit(8), runsvdir(8), runsvchdir(8), sv(8), runsv(8), chpst(8), utmpset(8), svlogd(8)
http://smarden.org/runit/
AUTHOR
Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>
runit-init(8)