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Date:      Fri, 5 Jun 2020 07:12:40 +0000
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>
To:        Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>
Cc:        Conrad Meyer <cem@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r361791 - head/etc/mtree
Message-ID:  <20200605071240.GA98879@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <202006041619.054GJZ3C018924@slippy.cwsent.com>
References:  <202006041604.054G4KAb098395@repo.freebsd.org> <202006041619.054GJZ3C018924@slippy.cwsent.com>

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On Thu, Jun 04, 2020 at 09:19:35AM -0700, Cy Schubert wrote:
> In message <202006041604.054G4KAb098395@repo.freebsd.org>, Conrad Meyer
> writes:
> > New Revision: 361791
> > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/361791
> >
> > Log:
> >   Restrict default /root permissions
> >   
> > ...
> > @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
> >      ..
> >      rescue
> >      ..
> > -    root
> > +    root            mode=0750
> >      ..
> 
> Recent CIS benchmarks recommend 0700.

Please, let's keep a reasonable balance between security and usability.
I often visit /root as a regular user (wheel'ed), and 0700 would make
it real PITA.

./danfe



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