From owner-freebsd-bugs Sun Sep 8 7:40:59 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 37F2E37B400; Sun, 8 Sep 2002 07:40:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD21E43E42; Sun, 8 Sep 2002 07:40:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from roam@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (roam@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g88EevJU051308; Sun, 8 Sep 2002 07:40:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from roam@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from roam@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) id g88EevYo051304; Sun, 8 Sep 2002 07:40:57 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 07:40:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Peter Pentchev Message-Id: <200209081440.g88EevYo051304@freefall.freebsd.org> To: vd@etrade.bg, roam@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/42550: installworld chmods /root and /mnt to 755 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 Synopsis: installworld chmods /root and /mnt to 755 State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: roam State-Changed-When: Sun Sep 8 07:35:56 PDT 2002 State-Changed-Why: This has been discussed many times, both on the mailing lists and in problem reports. It was most recently discussed in PR i386/42053, the audit trail for which is available at http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=42053 The general consensus is that 0755 is a sensible set of permissions for root's home directory; if there is anything sensitive in there, it may be protected by stashing it into a subdirectory instead. Moreover, the permissions may indeed be modified, if you so desire, by editing the src/etc/mtree/BSD.root.dist file. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=42550 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message