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Date:      Fri, 8 Sep 2000 14:45:14 -0700
From:      Alan Batie <alan@batie.org>
To:        Matt Heckaman <matt@ARPA.MAIL.NET>
Cc:        "Jonathan M. Slivko" <jslivko@coresync.net>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Home Directories -- in the point of security?
Message-ID:  <20000908144513.I4603@agora.rdrop.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009081728210.36047-100000@epsilon.lucida.qc.ca>; from matt@ARPA.MAIL.NET on Fri, Sep 08, 2000 at 05:29:42PM -0400
References:  <Pine.BSO.4.21.0009081411320.9159-100000@rocket.coresync.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009081728210.36047-100000@epsilon.lucida.qc.ca>

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On Fri, Sep 08, 2000 at 05:29:42PM -0400, Matt Heckaman wrote:
> Mode 0711 for directories will do what you want, without allowing anyone  
> else read access.

Until someone leaves their .profile or .cshrc file writeable accidentally
because they don't understand unix permissions or are tricked into it.
Or someone guesses a file name.  Or many other scenarios.  The answer
I chose is to put the web directory somewhere else (/home/web/<user>),
reconfigure the web server and leave the user directories 700.

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