On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:19:41 +0100 Poison Bit <poisonbit@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 7:48 AM, Davit Avsharyan > <avsharyan@gmail.com> wrote: > > I know how to change it :). I just wanted to understand why it > > comes with 755 and not 700 ? > > Few years ago, if I'm not mistaken, everything was 700. > > No less than 9 years. > One possible reason for this default, maybe if I'm not mistaken, to > keep UserDir working in apache (?) Apache can traverse a 701 directory. Don't know about other web servers. Other reasons i've seen mentioned in the past include making it easier for users to share their files, but i don't remember where i read that anymore. thanks, kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK7FOSS) http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group
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