[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: setgid on /home



On Tuesday 03 April 2001 17:58, Joey Hess wrote:
> Scott E. Graves wrote:
> > what is the benefit of /home having the setgid bit set?

I was contemplating setting home setgid so all users would create files/dirs 
with the same gid in their respective home dir, for security reasons. I was 
rather unclear in my question. I understand the idea behind having /home 
setgid, but I was looking for any security issues / bugs that I may have 
overlooked.

-scott



Reply to: