Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 23:29:57 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /root permissions after installworld Message-ID: <20010208232957.B3108@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <20010208210738.A2090@student.uu.se>; from ertr1013@student.uu.se on Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 09:07:38PM %2B0100 References: <20010208205656.A1992@student.uu.se> <Pine.BSF.4.32.0102081401450.7544-100000@awww.jeah.net> <20010208210738.A2090@student.uu.se>
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On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 09:07:38PM +0100, Erik Trulsson wrote: > On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 02:03:44PM -0600, Chris Byrnes wrote: > > > 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.) > > > > Eh, well, I tend to disagree. In general, I don't want other users on my > > box(es) reading data in home directories other than their own. > > True, but since you shouldn't be doing anything as root other than those > things that require root there shouldn't be any personal stuff in /root. That's a bit of a rigid rule. I use it for 2 things: - to leave little readmes and notes about things I need to remember that concern a root activity - I sometimes use it to test potentially dangerous scripts out with damage limitation .. Of course "use root only when you have to" is THE golden rule, but even Charlie & needs a home.. :) Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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