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Date:      Tue, 15 Feb 2000 21:13:20 -0800
From:      "Bharat Mediratta" <bharat@menalto.com>
To:        "Ryan Thompson" <freebsd@sasknow.com>, "R Joseph Wright" <rjoseph@nwlink.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: user account gone awry
Message-ID:  <NDBBKDIKOLJOLALGCEBCOEOLCIAA.bharat@menalto.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002152257280.65750-100000@sasknow.com>

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Ryan Thompson says:
>
> On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, R Joseph Wright wrote:
>
> > > Also, if that first ls says permission denied, then the permissions on
> > > /home or /usr/home are in question.  Try ls -load /home instead.
> >
> > The permissions of /home are:
> > lrwxrwxrwx root wheel
>
> Wow!  It is generally a very Bad Idea to make /home world writeable.  I
> recommend permissions of 755 unless you have a VERY good reason
> to do otherwise.  (I can't think of one).

Note the 'l' in the permissions -- it's a symlink.  To see the
actual permissions you have to follow the link.  Try 'ls -Lload /home'

-Bharat



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