On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Bob Proulx wrote: > > Sorry, made a boo-boo when I wrote that. > > I meant to ask why were the default > > permissions *NOT* set to 700 on a clean > > install?
> There is no sensitive files installed in /root. There really is no > reason not to make it 755. Everyone knows what is in /root. It is > not a secret. oh? what do i have in my /root directories then? > However, if you place sensitive files there then you might choose to > make that directory more restrictive. I advise putting sensitive > files elsewhere, however. But it is your system and your choice. You > can modify the system as you see fit. where is a more appropriate location for files only to be seen or used by the root user than his home directory? > Remember that root is not a real user. You should not be using root > to do nonadministrative work on the machine. Use a real user account > for that. yes, i'm well aware of that. and i don't use the root account for "nonadministrative work". i use it solely for "administrative work", and henceforth, have files in /root not intended for the general public. i stores script under /root that are run from crontab, and various other files. i guess i wrongly assumed that a distribution that's usually somewhat sane would have somewhat sane permissions on a directory such as /root, which i consider "sensitive", so to speak. *shrug* j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.gaddis.org/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
