Re: The story behind UPG and umask.
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 02:36:53AM +0200, C. Gatzemeier wrote:
> Am Tue, 25 May 2010 22:47:51 +0200
> schrieb Harald Braumann <harry@unheit.net>:
> > On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:09:35PM +0200, C. Gatzemeier wrote:
> > > The path into your home directory is not restricted, just as the
> > > path others can take to ring your bell at home is not restricted.
> >
> > Depends on adduser settings. Both, world readable and private home
> > directories are common.
>
> Thanks! Adding ...the path to your home *is by default* not
> restricted,... seems to be more precise.
In light of UPG, we might want to revisit the default here as well,
maybe it makes sense to have your $HOME not world-readable be the
default?
Michael
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