Jeremy Gaddis wrote: > Jeremy Gaddis said: > > > Can anyone explain to me why /root has > > default permissions of 700 on a clean > > install? > > Sorry, made a boo-boo when I wrote that. > I meant to ask why were the default > permissions *NOT* set to 700 on a clean > install? There is no sensitive files installed in /root. There really is no reason not to make it 755. Everyone knows what is in /root. It is not a secret. However, if you place sensitive files there then you might choose to make that directory more restrictive. I advise putting sensitive files elsewhere, however. But it is your system and your choice. You can modify the system as you see fit. Remember that root is not a real user. You should not be using root to do nonadministrative work on the machine. Use a real user account for that. Bob
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