Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2020 14:59:57 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@puchar.net> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Cc: Gordon Bergling <gbergling@googlemail.com>, Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@puchar.net>, FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, Ryan Stone <rysto32@gmail.com> Subject: Re: More secure permissions for /root and /etc/sysctl.conf Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.2002031458290.69078@puchar.net> In-Reply-To: <202002011904.011J4rBB079499@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> References: <202002011904.011J4rBB079499@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
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> > I still can not support that as a change: > a) It has been 755 for 26 years on FreeBSD and also as long as > I can remeber (aka v4 research). Changing it would be a POLA > violation. so if it was wrong for so long, let keep it wrong. > > b) No known security flaw has been shown other than user error. so simply set all files to 777. it's user error forgetting to change it to something else. > > c) The default for home directories in all the BSD's I looked at > are 755. Not true.
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