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Re: ntsec environment variable


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> 
> And chmod is ok to use for all users as long as they have the
> permission to do so. But my instruction was buggy. Ok, *sic*,
> try that:
> 
> chmod 755 .
> chmod -R 755 bin
> find learn_c src -type d | xargs chmod 755
> find learn_c src tmp -type f | xargs chmod 644
> 
> Corinna
> 
- --SNIP--

Will this also work for / ?  As in, as 'administrator', could I do a:

find / -type d |xargs chmod 755
find / -type f |xargs chmod 644

Would that give most things the correct permissions?  Because after a
new install, and using the 'ntsec' env. var. all files are 777
(-rwxrwxrwx).

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