> -----Original Message----- > From: Carlos Mennens [mailto:carlosw...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, 17 March, 2010 09:36 > To: Debian > Subject: Change Useradd Behavior > > I would like to know if it's possible when creating a new user with > the '/usr/sbin/useradd' script to set the users home directory > permissions to 700 rather than the Debian default of 755? I don't > understand why Debian does this not do I really care to debate it but > I don't like users being able to browse each others directories and > would like it to be '700' like it is in most other distributions. Is > it possible to modify this without doing something drastic? > > I checked /etc/default/useradd but couldn't find anything there for > default home permissions. >
/etc/adduser.conf: # If DIR_MODE is set, directories will be created with the specified # mode. Otherwise the default mode 0755 will be used. DIR_MODE=0755 James -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4a09477d575c2c4b86497161427dd94c149f788...@city-exchange07
