From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 17 01:12:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA27853 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 01:12:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dart.sr.se (dart.SR.SE [193.12.91.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA27845 for ; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 01:12:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gunnar@pluto.sr.se) Received: from honken.sr.se ([134.25.128.27]) by dart.sr.se (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id KAA08843; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 10:11:48 +0100 (MET) Received: from pluto.sr.se (pluto.SR.SE [134.25.193.91]) by honken.sr.se (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA07491; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 10:11:48 +0100 (MET) Received: (from gunnar@localhost) by pluto.sr.se (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA04314; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 10:11:47 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from gunnar) Message-ID: <19981217101147.C4062@sr.se> Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 10:11:47 +0100 From: Gunnar Flygt To: Michael Slater Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Basic Security Question Reply-To: flygt@sr.se References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: ; from Michael Slater on Thu, Dec 17, 1998 at 11:11:14AM +0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- __o regards, Gunnar ---_ \<,_ email: flygt@sr.se ---- (_)/ (_) If Bill Gates had a dime for every time a Windows box crashed... .. Oh, wait a minute, he already does." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message