Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 23:20:43 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson <freebsd@sasknow.com> To: Bharat Mediratta <bharat@menalto.com> Cc: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@nwlink.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: user account gone awry Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002152319370.66165-100000@sasknow.com> In-Reply-To: <NDBBKDIKOLJOLALGCEBCOEOLCIAA.bharat@menalto.com>
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On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Bharat Mediratta wrote: > 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 Ha! Yes... I should have seen that ;-) <** Laughs at self **> -- Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> 50% Owner, Sysadmin SaskNow Technologies http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E Saskatoon, SK S7H 0W2 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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