From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "D. Power" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Files created with emacs are owned by system Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:18:52 -0600 Organization: None Whatsoever Message-ID: References: <626685cb-27d2-4a29-93a9-71079e51d715@m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1217713925 24292 80.91.229.12 (2 Aug 2008 21:52:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 21:52:05 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 02 23:52:56 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KPP1w-0003ct-HY for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:52:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34144 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KPP11-0003ao-SS for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:51:55 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news1.google.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local02.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.pcisys.net!news.pcisys.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:18:54 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.2 (Intel Mac OS X) Original-Lines: 27 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-X-Trace: sv3-AezrmLVrefewLHdELnSg5vVAkOvj2fmx+9q3l6CR4MNUYchqqa6qKuPFqqybodn53G2YUK/7/L0MVKc!OPm85I9+hT/p19QQJ1Wgesz7IPJVZ8VBfrBMsFhKITAm9kmwKyhuTRd/CkgdjOqxWN4+6DxKd/t7!ovRJYT0jGQE= X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.39 Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:160826 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:51:32 -0400 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:56174 Archived-At: In article , Peter Dyballa wrote: > 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. > I'm the OP of the message mentioned earlier in this thread: http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.emacs.help/browse_thread/thread/91010d 5de48d8b98# It seems odd that this same problem cropped up on two different machines so close together (I'm running OS X 10.4). There haven't been any recent updates that should have changed permissions like that. Anyway, your suggestion worked in my case, thanks. -- D. Power "I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his own way." -Robert Frost