From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 1 06:08:51 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D37B01065670 for ; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 06:08:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nlandys@gmail.com) Received: from qw-out-2122.google.com (qw-out-2122.google.com [74.125.92.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 915768FC1B for ; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 06:08:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qw-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 8so823588qwh.7 for ; Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:08:50 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=RDlCBSUYg8Y2aecF6ACgyF/RPAbMdl2FtqRMQsF7U0E=; b=inNs6uFzawGgQz/8Rxav/8MIvOr5Rzb0bErCKUPJr2q4nQ+QmzF1gF0/pQNnP5PGnt 4sYKaF5GpplITrFMAoAs1p0ffCIlwG1MN8NV7oDEntQO4qQ5R0WBlX9jiBc7FYeqj+sp YgmftO2ImH6RBEjZHtttiXPlPon4bW7mGaiKQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=ZyKT3aDJW8cS5cic/b6rkrOPyij6kk5aX2vj2aRJLR8cgcm9BSXzuyTC+xKf9T6w02 auXaRI3e8njsyWsmpqLsGEauq8TmiOKl0jQZgAIxLsGIxDUJ9TBfxuVSKx/Jgh47nVho 0Puun1L2JHXVbrgcqJp6llvtAkUhA+HJjD1/o= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.99.143 with SMTP id u15mr647095qcn.54.1265004530725; Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:08:50 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:08:50 -0800 Message-ID: <560f92641001312208r1af8a8a2j2be83fe231ad8d74@mail.gmail.com> From: Nerius Landys To: FreeBSD Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: /root permission reset on boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:08:51 -0000 I'm running FreeBSD 7.1 i386, and even after I "chmod 700 /root", after a reboot it goes back to permission 755. 1. What's the reason for this? There must be a good reason and I would like to know it. Everything in FreeBSD just makes sense and is well designed (honestly, no sarcasm here). 2. Would I want to change the permission of /root to 700 permanently, and how? - Nerius