Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 14:38:08 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Slivko" <jslivko@coresync.net> To: Alan Batie <alan@batie.org> Cc: Matt Heckaman <matt@ARPA.MAIL.NET>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Home Directories -- in the point of security? Message-ID: <Pine.BSO.4.21.0009081437380.3095-100000@rocket.coresync.net> In-Reply-To: <20000908144513.I4603@agora.rdrop.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Actually, that sounds like an even better idea than what was suggested before. Thanks Alan! - ---- Jonathan M. Slivko <jslivko@coresync.net> Technical Support: CoreSync Corparation NSI ID: JSR730 Want a reliable shells? check us out at http://www.coresync.net! - ---- On Fri, 8 Sep 2000, Alan Batie wrote: > 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. > > -- > Alan Batie ______ www.rdrop.com/users/alan Me > alan@batie.org \ / www.qrd.org The Triangle > PGPFP DE 3C 29 17 C0 49 7A \ / www.pgpi.com The Weird Numbers > 27 40 A5 3C 37 4A DA 52 B9 \/ www.anti-spam.net NO SPAM! > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.75 Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBOblcSsELej+B3y/WEQIR9QCfSJfi476IEm9o43CEcP7VrAwNNbQAoNTH 7dKzCVkjhNKavpksD9BGuvti =YgTQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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