Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 11:27:49 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: David Langford <langfod@dihelix.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Hiding user directories without breaking ftp? Message-ID: <19970913112749.41281@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199709130155.PAA07504@caliban.dihelix.com>; from David Langford on Fri, Sep 12, 1997 at 03:55:43PM -1000 References: <19970913110700.21980@lemis.com> <199709130155.PAA07504@caliban.dihelix.com>
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On Fri, Sep 12, 1997 at 03:55:43PM -1000, David Langford wrote: >> Try: >> >> $ cat /etc/passwd >> >> That's much easier and more revealing than finding the directories, >> which don't give you much information about the name of the person. >> >> Before you ask, no, you can't make /etc/passwd non-accessible. Too >> many programs use it. That's why the system uses different files for >> the password information. > > Gee now you tell me. Silly me for running my servers with a dummy /etc/passwd > this past year. Never had a program look for it yet. Or you didn't notice. But it's interesting that you can get away that easily. I didn't expect that (obviously). Greg
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