Re: [PROPOSAL] (Ch.16 FHS) be more specific on file/dir permissions

[Johannes Poehlmann <jhp@caldera.de>]

On Sat, Jan 27, 2001 at 10:59:33AM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> Previously Johannes Poehlmann wrote:
> > Yes, as local sysadmin I want to be able to place a empty rhosts file 
> > (owned by root) in home directories, to prevent users from opening
> > rsh security holes. To prevent the users from deleting .rhosts,
> > I need the sticky bit on the home directory.
  
> A homedirectory is owned by the user anyway, so he can easily remove
> that sticky bit. Or do you have home directories owned by root and
> have a seperate group for each user?

Hi Wichert, 

I think it is not our job to impose whatever permission scheme to 
local sysadmins or Distribution/System vendors.

I just want the local sysadmin to be able to have such a paraniod config
without loosing the possibility to install LSB compliant apps.


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