From owner-freebsd-bugs Tue Aug 27 5: 0:18 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D20FE37B405 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 05:00:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EA4943E97 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 05:00:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g7RC0AJU072127 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 05:00:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) id g7RC0ADb072126; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 05:00:10 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 05:00:10 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200208271200.g7RC0ADb072126@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Ceri Davies Subject: Re: i386/42053: /root incorrect permissions Reply-To: Ceri Davies Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR i386/42053; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ceri Davies To: Giorgos Keramidas 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 > To: Sean Lewis > 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