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Re: rwxr-xr-x /root



On Sun, Nov 12, 2000 at 01:59:27PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 11, 2000 at 09:11:35PM -0500, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> > <rant> Saying that default 755 for home dirs is a bit like saying an OS
> 
> rant. rant. rant. try looking into the issue a little deeper next time
> rather than just going off on a panic attack about a non-problem.
> 
> 755 home directories are NOT a security hole, and in fact are necessary
> for many "normal" tasks that users wish to perform. ~/public_html/ for
> example....every directory in the tree above it has to be world readable
> and world-executable for apache to serve ~ pages.

This is not correct.  Every directory in the tree above it has to be world
executable.  That is all.

-- 
 - mdz



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