Ethan Benson wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 01:11:49PM -0400, D-Man wrote: > > By "make my machine download things" do you mean that he logs in and > > uses ftp or a web browser? If so, then he ought to be downloading the > > stuff into his own home directory. By default (and quite naturally) > > users _can't_ see someone else's home directory unless that person > > explicitly makes it readable. > > wrong, debian creates home directories mode 755, world readable by > default like all other *nixes that have come before it.
one of the packages asks whether you want world readable user home dirs, forgot which one (probably the one that contains adduser). erik