>...can anyone think of a reason why someone would _want_ to keep 
>their .profile chmod'ed to 666?

To let any other person on the host to insert whatever they thought said
person should execute on startup: practical jokes (of questionable
humour) come to mind.

On a large system where you don't know everybody personally, this is
also known as suicide.

DL


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