Re: Bug#1070085: Enhancing default home folder permissions for improved privacy

[Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org>]

On 05/08/2024 at 01:07, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 12:16:23AM +0200, Håvard F. Aasen wrote:
> > Could default home folder permissions lean towards greater privacy,
> > while administrators can adjust permissions to be less strict if
> > necessary?
>
> > What I would like is to have 'HOME_MODE' [4] uncommented.
> > [4] https://salsa.debian.org/debian/shadow/-/blob/master/debian/login.defs?ref_type=heads#L156
>
> I vaguely remember the installer has an option for this, possibly
> only on expert mode. If so, it would be good if the installer
> default would change (or so).

I always use expert install and have never seen such option.

> If the installer has no option for this, please reassign to
> src:shadow, so we can think about it more.

AFAICS user-setup uses adduser if installed in the target system, 
useradd otherwise.