Date: 08 Jul 1999 10:27:14 +0300 From: Ville-Pertti Keinonen <will@iki.fi> To: Alex Zepeda <garbanzo@hooked.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: userland ppp - startup Message-ID: <86k8sbr48d.fsf@not.demophon.com> In-Reply-To: Alex Zepeda's message of "8 Jul 1999 00:35:25 %2B0300" References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907071433320.315-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org.newsgate.clinet.fi>
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Alex Zepeda <garbanzo@hooked.net> writes: > > > Why is rc.conf readable by world?! > > > > Why not? > > What reason would the rest of the "world" have to read rc.conf? It could > only create a possible security risk. Unix systems are typically designed the other way around - don't read-protect files unless they contain something that users must not see. Currently, FreeBSD conforms to this philosophy quite nicely, and I hope it continues to do so. Personally, I like being able to do as much as possible without having to su root unless I want to modify things. I also like being able to see how things are set up on systems where I don't have root privileges. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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