Re: default permissions on /root

2003-02-28 Thread Craig Dickson
Jeremy Gaddis wrote: > On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Bob Proulx wrote: > > > 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? If your implica

Re: default permissions on /root

2003-02-28 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 01:39:51PM -0500, Jeremy Gaddis wrote: > 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. This topic comes up fairly regularly. On De

Re: default permissions on /root

2003-02-28 Thread Jeremy Gaddis
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 w

Re: default permissions on /root

2003-02-28 Thread Jeremy Gaddis
> > 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? > This was discussed at length on debian-devel, IIRC. Try search the > archives at http://lists.debian.org/. ahhh, i don't read debian-devel so i wasn't a

Re: default permissions on /root

2003-02-28 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 03:36:12AM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: > On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 03:45:27PM -0600, Dave Sherohman wrote: > > Questionable on the "any user" part (if it was clear-cut 'should not > > be world-readable', why does debian default to 755 for non-root > > users?) > I'm fairly sure you

Re: default permissions on /root

2003-02-28 Thread Bob Proulx
Jeremy Gaddis wrote: > Jeremy Gaddis said: > > > Can anyone explain to me why /root has > > default permissions of 700 on a clean > > install? > > 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 sensi

Re: default permissions on /root

2003-02-28 Thread Rob Weir
On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 09:54:09PM -0500, Jeremy Gaddis wrote: > Jeremy Gaddis said: > > > Can anyone explain to me why /root has > > default permissions of 700 on a clean > > install? > > Sorry, made a boo-boo when I wrote that. > I meant to ask why were the default > permissions *NOT* set to 70

Re: default permissions on /root

2003-02-28 Thread Rob Weir
On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 03:45:27PM -0600, Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 01:45:14PM -0600, Michael Heironimus wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 02:07:38PM -0500, Jeremy Gaddis wrote: > > > Can anyone explain to me why /root has > > > default permissions of 700 on a clean > > > ins

Re: default permissions on /root

2003-02-27 Thread Jeremy Gaddis
Jeremy Gaddis said: > Can anyone explain to me why /root has > default permissions of 700 on a clean > install? 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? I have multiple Debian machines and just today noticed tha

Re: default permissions on /root

2003-02-27 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 01:45:14PM -0600, Michael Heironimus wrote: > On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 02:07:38PM -0500, Jeremy Gaddis wrote: > > Can anyone explain to me why /root has > > default permissions of 700 on a clean > > install? > > Because that's root's home directory and you normally don't wan

Re: default permissions on /root

2003-02-27 Thread Michael Heironimus
On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 02:07:38PM -0500, Jeremy Gaddis wrote: > Can anyone explain to me why /root has > default permissions of 700 on a clean > install? Because that's root's home directory and you normally don't want any user's home directory to be world-readable. -- Michael Heironimus --

Re: default permissions on /root

2003-02-27 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 02:07:38PM -0500, Jeremy Gaddis wrote: | Can anyone explain to me why /root has | default permissions of 700 on a clean | install? No other user(s) should tamper with /root. What permissions do you think it should be? -D -- He who scorns instruction will pay for it, but

default permissions on /root

2003-02-27 Thread Jeremy Gaddis
Can anyone explain to me why /root has default permissions of 700 on a clean install? j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]