Re^6: /usr/bin/instmodsh: Permission denied.

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Re^7: /usr/bin/instmodsh: Permission denied. by MidLifeXis (Monsignor) on May 25, 2010 at 13:51 UTC
`cd /usr/bin ln -fs foo myproggie ... cd /tmpdirMISSPELL/ rm ` [download] Yes, I have seen code like this. CPAN executes code handed to it by another module's author (with your permission, but still). Impossible is not a word I apply to systems. Period. Update:* Whoops, replied to myself, not the AM above. --MidLifeXis	[reply] [d/l]
Re^7: /usr/bin/instmodsh: Permission denied. by Anonymous Monk on May 25, 2010 at 10:37 UTC
Having seen way to many "unpossible" things happen, especially around users, I tend to avoid assigning the impossible attribute. instmodsh is core program , CPAN won't touch it, so yes, impossible for CPAN to break the permissions, its a user problem.	[reply]
Re^8: /usr/bin/instmodsh: Permission denied. by MidLifeXis (Monsignor) on May 25, 2010 at 13:59 UTC
`cd /usr/bin ln -fs foo myproggie ... cd /tmpdirMISSPELL/ chmod $perms *` [download] Yes, I have seen code like this. CPAN executes code handed to it by another module's author (with your permission, but still). Impossible is not a word I apply to systems. Period. --MidLifeXis	[reply] [d/l]
Re^9: /usr/bin/instmodsh: Permission denied. by Anonymous Monk on May 25, 2010 at 14:58 UTC
How amusing, but that has nothing to do with Bundle::CPAN	[reply]