Aaron J Peterson II <aajpeter@intersource.com> said:
Aaron> As it turns out, straps was suid, but had perms of 4500, which
Aaron> could|should(?) be 4511, yes? I know my root umask on this
Aaron> machine is a lenient 022, so it must be the makefile, i.e.:
Aaron> + -chmod a+x $(BIN_DIR)/straps
Aaron> ...or something like that.
I never really thought about this. I have changed the Makefiles for
ntping and straps as suggested by your diff.
Aaron> On another point, does anyone remember the address of that (or
Aaron> any) geographical database server, that you could telnet to
Aaron> and perform simple matching queries about locations? I was
Aaron> thinking about the IP World function, and "wouldn't it be nice
Aaron> if" someone were to write a semi-automated front end to
Aaron> expanding the location database. Gee-whiz factor would
Aaron> increase ten fold.
I did not know about such a service. Let us know if you find out a
good way to resolve geographic names to location information. The IP
World script was a Friday afternoon hack, but it might be fun to spend
another Friday afternoon on it. :-)
Juergen