Re: Installing files in user directories
Hi,
>>"Steve" == Steve Greenland <stevegr@debian.org> writes:
Steve> On 20-Oct-98, 11:48 (CDT), Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com> wrote:
>> The one exception is seeding files for root. Since /root is is
>> already created by the base, and it may have special needs for
>> startupo files (like, it needs to be way more secure), the files in
>> /etc/skel are not used. The base files package creates the minimal
>> files that seed /root, but should never again touch /root.
Steve> As far as "way more secure", I don't think setting the PATH
Steve> and umask really qualify (since umask only affects new file
Steve> creation).
It also mean there is nothing put in there that makes security
worse. /etc/skel is more accesible to packages than stuff in base
files is.
Why don't you think root umask and root PATH are critical
parts of system security? Oh, man, the explouts possible when these
are not set to good values ...
manoj
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