From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 16 20:27:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA01430 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 20:27:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from fir.calcasieu.com (fir.calcasieu.com [209.99.46.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA01421 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 20:27:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sysop@calcasieu.com) Received: from ns (cruft.austin.calcasieu.com [192.168.170.124]) by fir.calcasieu.com (8.8.8/8.8.8-2.0) with SMTP id WAA10618 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 22:27:11 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19981216222711.0087fd10@mail> X-Sender: sysop@mail X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 22:27:11 -0600 To: From: Don Read Subject: Re: Basic Security Question In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 > >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