Re: file permisions in /etc
On Mon, Nov 29, 1999 at 01:31:15PM -0500, Evan Moore wrote:
> I have been reading about securing my linux box and it mentions making
> /etc readable only by root. Would this mess up anything by making making
> all of the /etc file permisions 600?
Yeah, it would break nearly every program on the system, unless it is run
by root. Meaning you wotn be able to have users.
I'm not sure where you got that information from, but where ever it was,
stop reading everything they write :)
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