777 - was Re: [plug] Perl CGI scripts

[Paul Wilson]

> From: Bevan Broun <bevanb at ee.uwa.edu.au>
> Subject: 777 - was Re: [plug] Perl CGI scripts
> Date: Wednesday, November 04, 1998 11:07 AM
> 
> on Wed, Nov 04, 1998 at 11:51:00AM +0800, Richard Mortimer
<rmortime at melville.wa.gov.au> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > >Are you fscking nuts???  777 on a CGI script?????  Actually, 777 on
> > >anything!
> 
> Would you believe I install some paid for (cant spell commercial)
> software which installed all its files and directories 777! When I
> questioned the the vendor about this they said the the "XXX" directory
> needed to be writable by anyone using the software - they didn't say
> anything about the other directories. The sad thing is that if you have
> to restore from backup their are licensing issues and you must contact
> them before doing it!
> 
> Ver 5.0 of this software will be out soon - it will be interesting to
> see if they stay with the 777

Sadly this is quite common, and vendors ought to be shot on a regular basis
for it !   :-)

It's usually down to poor design and/or time/cost constraints on developers
preventing the job being done properly.   :-(

Paul