Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 20:56:56 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: /root permissions after installworld Message-ID: <20010208205656.A1992@student.uu.se> In-Reply-To: <20010208191456.A24037@dnepr.net>; from land@dnepr.net on Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 07:14:57PM %2B0200 References: <20010208191456.A24037@dnepr.net>
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On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 07:14:57PM +0200, Andrey Lakhno wrote: > Hi ! > > Why "make installworld" changes /root permissions to 755 ? > It is insecure to have /root directory world readable. I don't know why the permissions are the way they are but since there shouldn't be anything important in /root it shouldn't be any security risk. (If you have stuff in /root that other people shouldn't be able to read you are probably doing something wrong.) -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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