Re: can i modify ls

[Tomas Szepe <szepe@pinerecords.com>]

On Feb-24 2004, Tue, 11:44 -0500
Richard B. Johnson <root@chaos.analogic.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, Tomas Szepe wrote:
> 
> > On Feb-24 2004, Tue, 15:55 +0000
> > Alessandro Salvatori <a.salvatori@universitari.crocetta.org> wrote:
> >
> > > it's quite interesting...
> >
> > Actually, it's not.
> >
> > 1) The presence/absence of the read permission on a directory determines
> > 	whether the user will be able to list the directory's contents.
> >
> > 2) The fs permission model is enforced by the kernel.  Trying to impose
> > 	additional restrictions in userspace is fragile, futile and
> > 	an incredibly stupid idea.
> 
> If you don't have any programming tools and no access to any (like
> a banking or restrictive office environment), and there is no
> way to get any external executable files to run, i.e., no floppy
> or no shell that could possibly access one, then writing a minimal
> 'ls' program that allows the clerk to see what's in her directory
> might be useful.

So what is it exactly that prevents the admin from running /bin/chmod
in the setup you're describing?

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Tomas Szepe <szepe@pinerecords.com>