Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 11:27:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Mikhail Kruk <meshko@cs.brandeis.edu> To: Victor Ivanov <v0rbiz@icon.bg> Cc: <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: /root and users home dir permissions Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0104181057460.31356-100000@calliope.cs.brandeis.edu> In-Reply-To: <20010418173927.A64529@icon.icon.bg>
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> Hi all, > > I noticed /root is installed with mode=0755 (and updated every time by > installworld). It's the root home directory... some admins (like me) are > using it for keeping sensitive data away from regular users. Shouldn't it > be mode=0700 in /etc/mtree/BSD.root.dist? I don't think changes like this can be made all of a sudden. Some people might be using /root for something which requires it to be readable and we don't want to break things... > Also, when adding new users their home directories should be protected the > same way. Am I wrong? I strongly agree with that. This change seems to be ok in terms of breaking existing systems and people have no business in other users' directories. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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