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 > > > install? > > > > Because that's root's home directory and you normally don't want any > > user's home directory to be world-readable. > > 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?), but agreed that root's should be locked down, since it's > somewhat likely to contain system-sensitive files.
I'm fairly sure you're asked about this during the configuration of the base system. At least, I'm fairly sure *I* was, but I have my debconf priority set to low :) -- Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://ertius.org/
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