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Date:      Tue, 15 Feb 2000 23:20:43 -0600 (CST)
From:      Ryan Thompson <freebsd@sasknow.com>
To:        Bharat Mediratta <bharat@menalto.com>
Cc:        R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@nwlink.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: user account gone awry
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002152319370.66165-100000@sasknow.com>
In-Reply-To: <NDBBKDIKOLJOLALGCEBCOEOLCIAA.bharat@menalto.com>

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On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Bharat Mediratta wrote:

> Ryan Thompson says:
> >
> > On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, R Joseph Wright wrote:
> >
> > > > Also, if that first ls says permission denied, then the permissions on
> > > > /home or /usr/home are in question.  Try ls -load /home instead.
> > >
> > > The permissions of /home are:
> > > lrwxrwxrwx root wheel
> >
> > Wow!  It is generally a very Bad Idea to make /home world writeable.  I
> > recommend permissions of 755 unless you have a VERY good reason
> > to do otherwise.  (I can't think of one).
> 
> Note the 'l' in the permissions -- it's a symlink.  To see the
> actual permissions you have to follow the link.  Try 'ls -Lload /home'
> 
> -Bharat

Ha!  Yes...  I should have seen that ;-)

<** Laughs at self **>

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