Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 23:30:28 +0100 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> To: sdf dsg <karnanfans@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CHMOD Message-ID: <20000327233028.Z86036@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20000327212433.40277.qmail@hotmail.com> References: <20000327212433.40277.qmail@hotmail.com>
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sdf dsg wrote: > Hello i wonder if i can chmodd everything in /etc to 700 or 711 probably a bad idea. I think /etc/pwd.db certainly needs to be world readable, so user processes can determine what user name they're being run as using getpwuid. There's nothing to stop you trying of course, and seeing how much breaks. > i don't want anyone to be able to read my config files Why? The only config files you need to protect are those which contain passwords. -- Ben Smithurst / ben@scientia.demon.co.uk / PGP: 0x99392F7D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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