From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 12 18:58:13 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA25672 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 12 Sep 1997 18:58:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA25666 for ; Fri, 12 Sep 1997 18:58:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) id LAA25518; Sat, 13 Sep 1997 11:27:50 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19970913112749.41281@lemis.com> Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 11:27:49 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: David Langford Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Hiding user directories without breaking ftp? References: <19970913110700.21980@lemis.com> <199709130155.PAA07504@caliban.dihelix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.81e In-Reply-To: <199709130155.PAA07504@caliban.dihelix.com>; from David Langford on Fri, Sep 12, 1997 at 03:55:43PM -1000 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8250 Fax: +61-8-8388-8250 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Fight-Spam-Now: http://www.cauce.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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