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Re: default permissions on /root



On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 03:36:12AM +1100, Rob Weir wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 03:45:27PM -0600, Dave Sherohman wrote:
> > Questionable on the "any user" part (if it was clear-cut 'should not
> > be world-readable', why does debian default to 755 for non-root
> > users?)

> I'm fairly sure you're asked about this during the configuration of the
> base system.  At least, I'm fairly sure *I* was, but I have my debconf
> priority set to low :)

You are asked now, but the default answer is to make home directories
world-readable and the question wasn't even asked until (IIRC)
mid-way through potato.

-- 
The freedoms that we enjoy presently are the most important victories of the
White Hats over the past several millennia, and it is vitally important that
we don't give them up now, only because we are frightened.
  - Eolake Stobblehouse (http://stobblehouse.com/text/battle.html)



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