Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 04:43:58 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <charon@labs.gr> To: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> Cc: Walter Hop <walter@binity.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: does /etc HAVE to be world readable? Message-ID: <20011112024357.GA474@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <20011112090506.M35710@k7.mavetju.org> References: <158198076589.20011111224859@binity.com> <20011112090506.M35710@k7.mavetju.org>
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Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> wrote: > On Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 10:48:59PM +0100, Walter Hop wrote: > > QuickQuestion(tm): does /etc HAVE to be world readable? > > The directory itself, yes. > The files in it don't need to be. Well, it's not like things will work all the same though. Programs do depend on being able to read files in /etc. For instance, if /etc/group is not readable, ls(1) won't be able to print the group of the owner when listing files; and that's only an example of `breakage' that pops up my mind quickly. -giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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