also sprach D-Man (on Wed, 13 Jun 2001 01:47:35PM -0400): > Home dirs should have "711" as the permissions (owner > read-write-execute group and world execute only). I just checked on > my system (I am really the only user right now) and the perms are 755 > (actually I'm not sure what the 's' in the 010 column is (group > execute)). I think this is a bug in adduser/useradd (whichever one is > the Debian-specific) and should be fixed.
the g+s bit is the setgid bit, which, when applied to directories, ensures that files/dirs created within the subdirectory have their group membership set to the same as the directory. it's not a bug, it's a feature, even though one would assume that the standard user is primarily in group "users" and that home is recursively chgrp'd to users. however, as soon as you introduce per-user groups and other complications, the g+s bit comes in handy. martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "if I can't dance, i don't want to be part of your revolution." - emma goldman
