Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 05:00:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/42053: /root incorrect permissions Message-ID: <200208271200.g7RC0ADb072126@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR i386/42053; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/42053: /root incorrect permissions Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 12:58:35 +0100 On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 06:00:05PM -0700, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > The following reply was made to PR i386/42053; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> > To: Sean Lewis <sml@subterrain.net> > Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org > Subject: Re: i386/42053: /root incorrect permissions > Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 03:50:45 +0300 > > On 2002-08-26 17:10 +0000, Sean Lewis wrote: > > >Description: > > [sml@subterrain][/] ls -ld root > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Aug 24 15:15 root > > > > >Fix: > > chmod 700 /root in installworld scripts. > > It's not like you're letting hackers find out stuff with this. You > can always keep critical things under /root/foo where foo is chmoded > to 0700. Is there really a point in changing the permissions to be > more right? I don't think so. There's nothing in /root that should be hidden from anyone by default, and if you're creating files that you feel should be kept secret then it's up to you to check the permissions. On a historical note, a quick google throws up a reasonably old post showing that permissions on /root have been 0755 for a long long time: http://makeashorterlink.com/?D41235F91 I think this PR should be closed. Ceri -- you can't see when light's so strong you can't see when light is gone To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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