Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 10:11:47 +0100 From: Gunnar Flygt <gunnar@pluto.sr.se> To: Michael Slater <mikey@iexpress.net.au> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Basic Security Question Message-ID: <19981217101147.C4062@sr.se> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981217110551.22156A-100000@atlas.iexpress.net.au>; from Michael Slater on Thu, Dec 17, 1998 at 11:11:14AM %2B0800 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981217110551.22156A-100000@atlas.iexpress.net.au>
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On Thu, Dec 17, 1998 at 11:11:14AM +0800, Michael Slater wrote:
> Hello,
> 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
> not a good thing and claims that FreeBSD must be very insecure if this is
> the case. Can someone explain in simple terms what the permissions should
> be for the /etc directory, and why it is not a good idea to make it
> readable only by root. His assumption is that a "good" comerical grade
> system such as Solaris, or BSDI would never allow this..
The permissions on my SUN Enterprise 3000 running Solaris 2.6 fro the
etc directory is:
drwxr-xr-x 31 root sys 3584 Dec 13 03:10 etc
So he's wrong!
>
> Michael Slater
> Internet Express
> Perth, Western Australia
>
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