On Mon, Apr 06, 2015 at 12:46:30PM +0200, Björn wrote: > * What led up to the situation? > Created new user from a non-root account (using root password prompt within > non-root account). > Started that new user. > Tried to read files from /home of first user. > Succeeded. > * What outcome did you expect instead? > That a user's files are only accessible with the respective password and not > the password of another user.
This is not an error, works as designed. You can "dpkg-reconfigure adduser" to change this behaviour for newly added users (ie, not the first one), existing users' homes need manual chmodding. I do agree that this design seems bad, though. -- // If you believe in so-called "intellectual property", please immediately // cease using counterfeit alphabets. Instead, contact the nearest temple // of Amon, whose priests will provide you with scribal services for all // your writing needs, for Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory prices. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150406152023.ga19...@angband.pl
