On Fri, 17 Nov 2006, Olaf van der Spek wrote:
> Yes, do you think 750 or 751 should be used?

751 is an appropriate default for non-world readable home directories.
If you want something else, you can always set /etc/adduser.conf.

> Consider the case where a user wants an easy way to ensure that none
> of the files in his home directory are world-readable.

This is what umask is for.


Don Armstrong

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