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Re: Permissions on /root/



Debian-lists@beintema.dds.nl wrote:

> how about offering it as an installation option?
> * /root/ permission
> some say 755 because ...
> others
> 700 because ...
> please select [700 | 750 | 755]
> 
> or whatever options seem sensible...

Because it's unnecessary. Installation is already too cluttered with
various choices the user has to make, most of which are more important
than this one.

It doesn't matter much whether /root is 755, 750, or 700. The sensible
thing to do is just choose one and stick with it. The user can change it
after installation if they like. Right now Debian either uses 755 or
sets /root to be the same as /home/*; I'm not sure which. If you want
that to change, you need a better argument than anything that has been
presented so far.

Craig

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