Re: /root/ drwxr-xr-x?
On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 11:39:02PM +0200, Peter Palfrader wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Thomas -Balu- Walter wrote:
>
> > # ls -lad /root/
> > drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Jul 31 18:25 /root/
> >
> > I wonder if /root/ shouldn't be accessible by root only per default? But
> > in which package can I find this one? Should I make a bug-report or do
> > you think this is normal? (It might be some kind of SuSE-remembrance
> > from earlier days ;)
>
> This is not the first time this comes up.
>
> short version: /root 755 is no security risk and it wont get changed
> either. If you want, set it to 0700 on your box.
> long version: search the list archives (both -user and -devel will have
> some hits I guess).
>
> HTH
> yours,
> peter
>
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IMHO at least it should be noticed somewhere in the instalation or
something. Specially when it used to be 750 and there may be sensible
data there.
Regards.
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