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Re: world readable log files and /etc/ files



Previously Ian Cumming wrote:
> I was quite alarmed. There seem to be many files with world readable
> permissions, which _shouldnt_.

If you don't trust your local users on a server you have a different
problem imho.

> What is the policy for log files? I understand that it doesnt do _that_
> much harm allowing others to read, but it does disclose more than I want
> to reveal.

World-readable except for files with sensitive information.

Wichert.

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