On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 7:48 AM, Davit Avsharyan <avshar...@gmail.com> wrote: > I know how to change it :). I just wanted to understand why it comes with > 755 and not 700 ? > Few years ago, if I'm not mistaken, everything was 700.
No less than 9 years. In 2003 I see the 755: http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/adduser/trunk/adduser.conf?revision=10&view=markup Can't find earlier references there, but in /usr/share/doc/adduser/changelog.gz there is the following entry: * ability to set a global mode for creating directories in variable DIR_MODE in adduser.conf (closes: #29389) With this date: Sat, 20 May 2000 14:16:20 +0200 One possible reason for this default, maybe if I'm not mistaken, to keep UserDir working in apache (?) -- Iñigo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-security-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAKDTd8TO3f6TXOQKA7XVpvrmJ-s9p4m=nPWhYKg=7ojmo...@mail.gmail.com
