Incredible ! This bug thread has existed almost 4 years now (with some side threads) and there is no decision that the described behaviour of /home is absolutely not acceptable.
For a "normal" user, everything which is behind my own password, is absolutely mine and only mine. Somebody says (in some thread) that this is wellknown and accepted behaviour. It may be wellknown for you as "linux-pros", but it is not known and accepted by the major share of the users. Users who are new to linux, to whom every "old" linux tutor says that linux is absolutely safe to use. An OS is not safe if someone else can (so easily) read my diary, my last will draft, my financial situation etc. etc., anything which is absolutely mine only. My suggestion is that this behaviour is closed immediately in all existing versions, furthermore instructions are distributed on the Ubuntu web pages how to prevent the usage of the BUG. The wiki link: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSecurity#Permissive%20Home%20Directory%20Permissions is not enough, people do not read thousands of pages just for fun. The content of that page raises a dejavue-feeling: "No, it is not a bug, it is a feature" -- Home permissions too open https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48734 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
