Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 15:44:02 +1000 From: f3z <f3z@iprimus.com.au> To: <leroy@3dmasters.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Restrict user access on freebsd Message-ID: <B9213F41.F53%f3z@iprimus.com.au> In-Reply-To: <B92125B4.F4C%jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au>
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on 3/6/2002 1:55 PM, Jacob Rhoden at jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au wrote:
> /etc, for example /etc/group. The best thing to do is to remove the x flag
> on most directories, ie /etc /bin /sbin and so on, so that normal users can
> execute things like 'ls' and read files like 'group'. (The x flag on
> directories means that a user cannot list the directory but can still access
> files in it). If you are unsure about the nescessity of a command, then I
Oops, I stand corrected, I got my flags mixed up, just for those I confused:
r flag - Allows a directory to be listed
x flag - allows a user to access files in the directory but only
if the particular file has appropriate rwx flags set
Sorry if I confused anyone.
Regards,
Jacob
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