On Sun, Nov 12, 2000 at 06:58:04PM -0600, Roland Bauerschmidt wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 12, 2000 at 12:07:23PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> > So change /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
> Yes, we discusses this already. Unfortunately, there we some disagreements
> of what the standard should be. Some people, including me, think that it
> should be 0711. Some other people think we should leave it at 0755. Does
> anybody object if I change the default to 0711?
*shrug*. It's your package, and defaults are just defaults. If you changed
it, I'd probably just add it next to linking traceroute to /usr/local/bin
as one of those irrititating workarounds I do on my systems.
FWIW: I think having things publically available is a better default
than having things private by default. It matches the philosophy of o+r
permissions on most of the system. It matches the "information wants to
be free" philosophy which is at least reasonably common. It arguably
promotoes a more community feel to a system if people can poke around
and see what everyone else is up to. And of course, it doesn't stop
people chmod'ing stuff that they do want private, or admins changing
the default on their system if a "community feel" isn't at all desirable.
But it's your package, your call.
Cheers,
aj
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