On Sun, Jul 14, 2024 at 22:15:34 -0400, Alan D. Salewski wrote: > As it is, it > looks[1] like default perms for $HOME are 0755.
If home directories are created with adduser, then the contents of /etc/adduser.conf are relevant: # The permissions mode for home directories of non-system users. # Default: DIR_MODE=0700 #DIR_MODE=0700 # The permissions mode for home directories of system users. # Default: SYS_DIR_MODE=0755 #SYS_DIR_MODE=0755 If they're created by something else, then it depends on what that other creation method is.