Subject: Directory permissions on 1.1 i386 directories on ftp.NetBSD.ORG
To: None <jtc@cygnus.com>
From: Greg Earle <earle@isolar.Tujunga.CA.US>
List: current-users
Date: 12/01/1995 12:23:01
netbsd4me:1:23 [/home/earle] % ftp ftp.netbsd.org.
Connected to netbsd.warped.com.
220-Welcome to warped.com
220-
220 netbsd.warped.com FTP server (Version wu-2.4(1) Tue Nov 28 17:09:00 PST 1995) ready.
Name (ftp.netbsd.org.:earle): ftp
331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
Password:
230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> cd pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.1/i386
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> dir
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.
total 160
-r--r--r--   1 234  jtc     73611 Nov 27 06:22 INSTALL
dr-xr-xr-x  11 234  netbsd    512 Nov 26 20:29 binary
dr-xr-xr-x   2 234  netbsd    512 Nov 26 18:20 floppies
dr-xr-xr-x   4 234  netbsd    512 Nov 26 19:46 security
dr-xr-xr-x   2 234  netbsd    512 Nov 26 18:12 utils

The i386 directories (dunno about the others) don't have write permission for
the owner.  So if you go up to pub/NetBSD and go a "get NetBSD-1.1.tar.gz"
(gotta love that WUSTL ftpd (-: ), you'll end up with a (humongous (-: ) tar
ball that barfs if you try to extract it as a mere-mortal root user, when it
goes to create the files that live under these directories.  Please fix this.

(I'm trying to mirror the whole 1.1 release from my Web page, so I was
 unbundling the whole kitch n' kaboodle under my ~/public_html tree as myself.)

	- Greg