Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 09:37:19 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: addbook:add?vcard=begin%3Avcaflygt@sr.se, Michael Slater <mikey@iexpress.net.au> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Basic Security Question Message-ID: <3678D0CF.7FA8B106@uk.radan.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981217110551.22156A-100000@atlas.iexpress.net.au> <19981217101147.C4062@sr.se>
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Gunnar Flygt wrote:
>
> On Thu, Dec 17, 1998 at 11:11:14AM +0800, Michael Slater wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 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
> > not a good thing and claims that FreeBSD must be very insecure if this is
> > the case. Can someone explain in simple terms what the permissions should
> > be for the /etc directory, and why it is not a good idea to make it
> > readable only by root. His assumption is that a "good" comerical grade
> > system such as Solaris, or BSDI would never allow this..
>
> The permissions on my SUN Enterprise 3000 running Solaris 2.6 fro the
> etc directory is:
>
> drwxr-xr-x 31 root sys 3584 Dec 13 03:10 etc
>
and on all the Sparcs running SunOS4.1.3_U1 here are:
gppsun4:/{8}% ls -ldug etc
drwxrwsrwx 10 bin staff 2048 Dec 17 09:30 etc
which is even less secure as it's writable by all!
> So he's wrong!
> >
> > Michael Slater
> > Internet Express
> > Perth, Western Australia
> >
> >
> >
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> --
> __o
> regards, Gunnar ---_ \<,_
> email: flygt@sr.se ---- (_)/ (_)
>
> If Bill Gates had a dime for every time a Windows box crashed...
> .. Oh, wait a minute, he already does."
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