On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 12:45:26PM -0500, Mike McLean wrote:
Furthermore, when the user is root, the 0555 mode will not prevent
writing as it would for normal users.
It does not matter, whether the user is root, but whether he has the
dac_override capability. If you read the original mail (1st paragraph)
again with this in mind, you will understand the reason for the change.
Regards
Till