Re: [users] Re: Why can't I?

[Erik Steffl <steffl@bigfoot.com>]

Ethan Benson wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 01:11:49PM -0400, D-Man wrote:
> > By "make my machine download things" do you mean that he logs in and
> > uses ftp or a web browser?  If so, then he ought to be downloading the
> > stuff into his own home directory.  By default (and quite naturally)
> > users _can't_ see someone else's home directory unless that person
> > explicitly makes it readable.
> 
> wrong, debian creates home directories mode 755, world readable by
> default like all other *nixes that have come before it.

  one of the packages asks whether you want world readable user home
dirs, forgot which one (probably the one that contains adduser).

	erik