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Comment by nikanj

15 hours ago

Remember realizing it’s 0x777, one better than 666?

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mmanfrin  14 hours ago

Probably more a reference to total file permissions.

  • bitwize  11 hours ago

    That's 777 octal tho

5-0  8 hours ago

I believe this was the case, as there was a lot of 666 going around at the time.

  • shinymark  9 minutes ago

    6-7 had yet to be discovered.

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