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 -- Americans can always be counted on to do the right thing, after they have exhausted all other possibilities. -– W. Churchill http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu