Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 22:27:11 -0600 From: Don Read <sysop@calcasieu.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Basic Security Question Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19981216222711.0087fd10@mail> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981216194814.480B-100000@java.dpcsys.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981217110551.22156A-100000@atlas.iexpress.net.au>
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back on 07:52 PM 12/16/98 -0800, you said: >On Thu, 17 Dec 1998, Michael Slater wrote: >> This might seem like a pretty basic question to most on this list but >> here goes.. My boss, a non UNIX person, has directed me to make the /etc >> directory readable only by root.. He ignores my argument that this is <snip> > >You could show him this. > >$ uname -a >SunOS bloodhound 5.6 Generic sun4m sparc SUNW,SPARCstation-20 >$ ls -ld /etc >drwxr-xr-x 27 root sys 3072 Dec 13 00:10 /etc > >That's the default install values for Solaris 5.6 some other datapoints: Data General DG/UX 5.4.2 : drwxr-xr-x 30 root daemon 6144 Dec 16 15:32 etc Santa Cruz Enterprise 3.2v5.0.4 : drwxrwxr-x 26 bin auth 8192 Dec 16 22:11 etc Regards, -- Don Read sysop@calcasieu.com EDP Manager dread@texas.net Calcasieu Lumber Co. Austin TX - Ya jes' mash that button, rite jher To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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