Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 09:56:22 -0400 From: Chip Norkus <wd@arpa.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Default user directory (adduser) filemode Message-ID: <20010913095622.C73129@anduril.org> In-Reply-To: <20010913134223.B389613121@netcom1.netcom.com>; from mvh@ix.netcom.com on Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 06:42:23AM -0700 References: <200109131317.JAA25490@world.std.com> <20010913134223.B389613121@netcom1.netcom.com>
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On Thu Sep 13, 2001; 06:42AM -0700 Mike Harding used 1.4K bytes of bandwidth to send the following: > > 'adduser' is a perl script, search it for '755' and you will find > where the permissions are set, it's trivial to change in the source, > although logically this could be a configuration parameter. The > script is in /usr/sbin/adduser. > Additionally, if you change your umask, mkdir(2) (which is what is used by adduser) will be restricted. So, if you want files created to be completely restricted from group/other access, you might do: # (umask 077;adduser) A more useful value (especially if you are supporting something like 'public_html' in user directories) would be a umask of 066, or maybe even 026. For more info see `man 2 umask` and `man chmod`. > - Mike H. > > Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 09:17:51 -0400 (EDT) > From: Kenneth W Cochran <kwc@world.std.com> > Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > List-ID: <freebsd-stable.FreeBSD.ORG> > List-Archive: <http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/>; (Web Archive) > List-Help: <mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG?subject=help> (List Instructions) > List-Subscribe: <mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG?subject=subscribe%20freebsd-stable> > List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG?subject=unsubscribe%20freebsd-stable> > X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Precedence: bulk > > Hello -stable: > > I notice that when I add a user to FreeBSD, either from adduser > or from /stand/sysinstall --> UserAdd(sp?), the default filemode > of the user's home directory is 755. So far, I can't find > (something like) a config-option for this (i.e., in > /etc/adduser.conf). Is this a bug or a feature(tm)? :) > > OS is -stable (RELENG_4), as of 8 September 2001. > > Thanks, > > -kc > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -wd -- chip norkus(rl); white_dragon('net'); wd@arpa.com "That's Tron. He fights for the users." http://telekinesis.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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