On Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 12:27:48PM -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote:
> Yes, but there are actually quite a few hidden configuration directories > that are set with permissions of 700. I can see that this prevents > anyone else from viewing your configs, but I don't see a danger in that > (viewing, but not changing). I could just change all of them from 700 > to 755. Then updatedb would find them all and locate will actually get > everything, until the next time that some program creates its config > directory with a 700 permission. You might find that some programs (fetchmail is an example I can think of) refuse to run if permissions on the config files are not strict enough. -- David Jardine "Running Debian GNU/Linux and loving every minute of it." -L. von Sacher-M.(1835-1895) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
