Re: Executable files in CVS

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Executable files in CVS
Date: 2003-11-24 06:36:57
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.44.0311240735450.4773-100000@peter.localdomain
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Tom Lane writes:

> Besides, it's a tad odd to see files that are marked group writable but
> not owner writable. You've got to agree there's not much sense in that.

How else are you going to commit files? /usr/bin/cvs is not setuid, so
the only way you can write to these files is being in the group pgsql and
that group having write permission.

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net

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