On 14/07/2024 14:09, Hans wrote:
Dear list,
I am wondering, why on a multiuser system like debian the rights for a normal
user are "rw- r-- r--", (owner: user and ownergroup: usergroup)
Of course there is a reason for this, but it is not understandable for me.
First two are clear: rw for myself, and readable for all users, i am allowing
into my own grou.
The last one is not clear for me. Why should I allow the rest of the world
read my personal documents? These are private and no one else should be able
to read them!
So I would have expected a setting of "rw- r-- ---" for any files.
Before someone argues, "you can change this by editing umask", yes, I know of
this of course.
But it is not clear for me, why it is set that way by default and not as I
would have expected as described above.
Sure, there is a reason for this, so I will be happy, if someone could
enlighten me.
I kind of agree with that in principle, and I've always used an umask
077 myself.
On the other hand, I'm the only user in my system, so it doesn't really
matter. I expect that is the case for most users.
I'm not sure if the Debian default should be changed, though.
--
Actually, my goal is to have a sandwich named after me.
Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
edua...@kalinowski.com.br
