Re: file permission question

From: Richard Caley (_at_)
Date: 09/09/03

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    In article <bjk77b$7ch$1@nn-tk105.ocn.ad.jp>, Don Jvax (dj) writes:

    dj> I have a question relating to an emergency...
    dj> On unixes, is there any way to access a file created by another user with
    dj> permission 600?

    Become root or boot single user or in weird cases put the disk in
    another machine and do one of those two things. Or, I suppose, have a
    look on your most recent backup if you have a machine where you can
    read tapes without being root. 

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