[Fwd: User account ( hacked ) of FC6 System]

edwardspl at ita.org.mo edwardspl at ita.org.mo
Thu Feb 8 14:29:32 UTC 2007


Les Mikesell wrote:

>edwardspl at ita.org.mo wrote:
>
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>>>>chmod g+rwx ( What number of g+rwx, eg : ?77 ) /home/edward
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>>>>
>>>You can use the symbolic form literally. I think it's easier to
>>>understand. Let the computer do the binary/octal math.
>>>g+rwx means add the read, write, and execute bits for the group.
>>>      
>>>
>>But I want to know what no of g+rwx...
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>The + means it is added to the bits already permitted.  Look at them as
>groups of 3 bits in binary and take the octal value.
>
> user   group    other
> rwx    rwx     rwx
>
>You'll start with a home dir having rwx --- ---  so that's 111 000 000
>binary or 700 octal.
>Add  the group rwx and you get 111 111 000 or 770 octal
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>
So, g+rwx = 770, right ?

>>>>chmod +t ( What number of +t ) /home/edward
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>>>>
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>That's one more bit to the left, 1 000 000 000  binary, so 1000 octal.
>Add that to what you have.
>
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>>>Same here, you can type it that way and it means add the "sticky" bit.
>>>      
>>>
>>Also want to know...
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>Altogether, the octal value for the mode ends up at 1770.  But, as I
>said before the computer does a better job of thinking in octal.
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So, +t = 1770, right ?

Edward.
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