Re: [Sheflug] A question on Ownership

["Chris J" <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
> The 'more correct' ie. 'most logical' mode of operation is that with no x
> bits set nobody goes in the directory.
>

Hmm...assumption is the mother of all $&^£$-ups as they say. As I'd never set
anything up with funny perms, I've never had to find this out before now.
Learn summat every day, no matter how long you've been using the system :)

>> Hmm...must see if Digital UNIX (strong BSD) and Solaris (strong SysV) do
>> this (which means summat to look at at work tomoz [if I can find a Sun
>> box to play on]).
>
> I would assume so, for the reasons I have outlined above.

And as a quick test they do.

> [1] Midnight, Jan 1st 1970.
>
> The epoch only became 00:00 1/1/1970 in 1973. Before that it was 1971.

Someone knows far too much trivia ... ;) But it does mean some really old
UNIXes get an extra years grace before the 32-bit rollover in 2038 :)

Chris...

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