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Re: user private groups and a src group



Raul Deluth Miller <rockwell@nova.umd.edu> writes
> Seems to me that setting default umask to 002 is fine as long as
> default home directory is 700.

Do you mean 770? After all we're only advocating 0 for the group
_IF_ you have your own private group.

And anyway, 7 is overkill and merely an annoyance unless you're
say, running a public access system.  I'd advocate 775 for the
home directory, to nicely match the proposed 002 umask.

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	-Matt Hannigan


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