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Date:      Thu, 1 Apr 1999 23:39:09 -0800 (PST)
From:      Mike Holling <myke@ees.com>
To:        0x1c <nick@shibumi.feralmonkey.org>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: uucp home dir mode 777?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904012338170.19754-100000@phluffy.fks.bt>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904021811140.8352-100000@shibumi.feralmonkey.org>

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> On my 2.2.8-REL box and my 3.1-REL box the modes for use uucp's home dir
> are both 777. Is there any particular reasoning behind this?

UUCP requires the "public" directory to be mode 777.  If you don't use
UUCP, you can get rid of it altogether.

- Mike




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