On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 03:29:38AM +0200, Patrik Magnusson wrote:
> In my /home, some directories have drwxrwxr-x, and some have
> drwxr-sr-x. Which (if any) is correct?

Owner: RWX
Group: R (usually)
World: Your option.  Frequently "R".

...in general, you shouldn't let other users write to your home
directory.  There are other ways to share files, including CVS and other
version control software.  OTOH, you may want group-writable permissions
on a shared project directory or somesuch.

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