Re: Disallow other users from reading my $HOME

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Subject: Re: Disallow other users from reading my $HOME
From: Ken Teague <kteague@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 13:30:26 -0800
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On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@gmail.com> wrote:

What are good permissions to use for one's home directory so that
other users on the system could not read or otherwise access my files?
Is 700 too paranoid? Should it be 755 like I see so many times? Will I
have problems with 750?

If you don't want others to have access to your home directory, use mode 700. Personally, I don't find it to be too paranoid, and prefer it that way.

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