Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 16:14:15 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Dick Davies <rasputnik@hellooperator.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /root default permisions Message-ID: <20040915131414.GA80220@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> In-Reply-To: <20040915102445.GA13170@lb.tenfour> References: <003101c49aa2$f817b820$2a88ebd5@Vanovci> <20040915085708.GB23645@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <20040915102445.GA13170@lb.tenfour>
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On 2004-09-15 11:24, Dick Davies <rasputnik@hellooperator.net> wrote: >* Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>: >>On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 11:36:59PM +0200, Martin Vana wrote: >>> I installed FBSD 5.3 Beta 3 - Default install, and as a regular user >>> I can 'cat /root/.cshrc' or any other file in admin's directory? >>> is it a bug? >> >> No, that's not wrong. The /root directory should be mode 755, which >> means anyone can chdir to it, or list the contents. > > s/should/is/ > > Is there any reason why it should be like this? It's your responsibility as the owner of the account to ensure that no sensitive information should be stored in /root in world-readable files. Regardless of the permissions of /root as a directory you can chmod any subdirectory or file to whatever you feel suits your needs. Why then would it be a problem that /root has 0755 permissions? - Giorgos
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