Re: Files created with emacs are owned by system

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 01.08.2008 um 17:04 schrieb iainb.forms:

> ls -l /usr/bin/emacs
> -r-sr-xr-x   1 root  wheel  30008 Aug 19  2006 /usr/bin/emacs


The permissions are faulty, the "s" (setuid bit) instead of "x,"  
which makes every Emacs user to root. 'sudo chmod 555 /usr/bin/emacs'  
will correct them. (Is Leopard two years old?) It's a security hole.

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  Pete

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