On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 08:05:18AM +0800, Robert Storey wrote: > On Wed, 26 Feb 2003 15:13:59 -0500 (EST) > Mike Dresser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, Phil wrote: > > > do I have to do this individually for each user? (all 120 of them) is > > > there a way to do this in the skel directory in. the future > > > > Well, set it for one user, and see if others can get into the directory or > > not. If not, you can do a > > > > chmod 700 * > > > > while in /home, and it will set all directories to drwx------ > > permissions. > > Considering all the subdirectories in /home, it would probably be > better to do this: > > chmod -R 700 /home/*
Ugh. That turns ordinary files in people's home directories into executables! There should be no need to apply the restrictive permissions to subdirectories too, because once execute permission is withheld on a parent directory you can't get to the subdirectories anyway. Mike's suggestion should be quite sufficient. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
