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SubjectRe: Why is chmod(2)?
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In article <7sgp30$jrp$1@verrine.demon.co.uk> you wrote:
> Having the sort of semantics that require this sort of fiddling just gets in
> the way, and I'm not convinced it gains anything.

Well, it gains you somethign if you cant read the files as root on default
unless you have a special capability, say "ignore file access restrictions".
This is exactly what the capabilities is used for. You dont need that
capability usually... back process is a good exception.

Greetings
Bernd

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