On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 10:37 PM, Lupe Christoph <l...@lupe-christoph.de> wrote: > Mode 600 will deny /etc to everybody except root while it will change > nothing for root. If you have any services on your system that run under > non-root UIDs, and that have config under /etc, you hose them with any > mode that removes the eXecute bit for "others".
Mode 600 (on a directory) lacks the access bit, so even root will have a hard time getting much joy out of /etc. You will need at least 700 to give root access. regards, Izak -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-security-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
