Public bug reported: All home directories (/home/* and /root) are readable for everyone, even if the owner did not explicitly allow other useres to read/list it:
$ ls -lhd /home/* /root drwxr-xr-x 16 user1 user1 4,0K 2007-03-26 01:27 /home/user1 drwxr-xr-x 2 user2 user2 4,0K 2007-03-25 14:47 /home/user2 drwxr-xr-x 2 user3 user3 4,0K 2007-03-25 14:44 /home/user3 drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4,0K 2007-03-26 00:26 /root To change this for new users, I had to run: sudo dpkg-reconfigure adduser To change this for existing users, I had to run: sudo chmod -R o= /home/* /root ** Affects: Ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- /home directories are readable for everyone https://launchpad.net/bugs/96141 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs