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Date:      Wed, 16 Dec 1998 22:27:11 -0600
From:      Don Read <sysop@calcasieu.com>
To:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Basic Security Question
Message-ID:  <3.0.5.32.19981216222711.0087fd10@mail>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981216194814.480B-100000@java.dpcsys.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.981217110551.22156A-100000@atlas.iexpress.net.au>

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back on 07:52 PM 12/16/98 -0800, you said:
>On Thu, 17 Dec 1998, Michael Slater wrote:
>>   This might seem like a pretty basic question to most on this list but
>> here goes.. My boss, a non UNIX person, has directed me to make the /etc
>> directory readable only by root.. He ignores my argument that this is
<snip>
>
>You could show him this.
>
>$ uname -a
>SunOS bloodhound 5.6 Generic sun4m sparc SUNW,SPARCstation-20
>$ ls -ld /etc
>drwxr-xr-x  27 root     sys         3072 Dec 13 00:10 /etc
>
>That's the default install values for Solaris 5.6

some other datapoints:

Data General DG/UX 5.4.2 :
drwxr-xr-x  30 root     daemon      6144 Dec 16 15:32 etc       

Santa Cruz Enterprise 3.2v5.0.4 :
drwxrwxr-x  26 bin      auth        8192 Dec 16 22:11 etc   


Regards,
-- 
Don Read                               sysop@calcasieu.com
EDP Manager                                dread@texas.net
Calcasieu Lumber Co.                             Austin TX
- Ya jes' mash that button, rite jher


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