On Sun, Oct 12, 2003 at 05:23:44PM +0900, Nick Hastings wrote: > * Ryan Nowakowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [031012 16:56]: > > On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 10:53:46AM -0500, Wathen, Metherion wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > I need to know how to change permissions of each user so that > > > they only see their own home directory. As I write this i'm thinking > > > that I have to change the groups they are in, is that correct? > > > > chmod 700 /home/* > > Do _not_ do this. You don't want everything to be executable. You > just want to remove read permission for everyone except the owner. To > do that: > > chmod -R go-r /home
The advice in the post you're replying to is much less invasive: note that it doesn't have the -R flag, so it only affects the directories in /home itself. These should all be executable anyway. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
