Date: 25 Sep 2001 10:13:11 -0700 From: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) To: Christoph Sold <so@i-clue.de> Cc: cyu0635@home.com, "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: directory security Message-ID: <pr4rprw5w8.rpr@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <3BB07955.6000803@i-clue.de> References: <3BB067FB.605D6119@home.com> <3BB07955.6000803@i-clue.de>
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Christoph Sold <so@i-clue.de> writes: > cyu0635@home.com wrote: > > >Is it possible to set the /etc directory > >not allow the user to read it? chmod 711 > > > >I mean is there any system problem? > > Lots of applications try to read /etc/passwd for account verification, > xlock being only an example. But with 711 permissions, anyone can read a file in /etc if they know the name of the file. (Not so with 700.) Seems odd, but that's the way it is (on FreeBSD 4.3, at least). I've never tried it on /etc and can't say if there are other problems. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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