Default valid shells and home dir permissions

2012-01-11 Thread Davit Avsharyan
Hi ppl., 1/ I'm wondering why most of the system users have valid shells by default ? /cat /etc/passwd | grep -E '(sh|bash)' | wc -l *21*/ 2/ Why, by default, new users' home directories have 755 ? Every time I create a new account, I have to change it to 700. Why it's like this ? any

Re: Default valid shells and home dir permissions

2012-01-11 Thread Kees de Jong
For the home dirs try this: dpkg-reconfigure adduser. Then choose 'no'. I think that should do the trick. I am on my Android right now so I can't check it for you. -- Met vriendelijke groet, Kees de Jong On Jan 11, 2012 10:09 AM, Davit Avsharyan avshar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi ppl., 1/ I'm

Upcoming stable point release

2012-01-11 Thread Adam D. Barratt
Hi, The next point release for squeeze (6.0.4) is scheduled for Saturday January 28th. Stable NEW will be frozen during the preceeding weekend (21st/22nd). As usual, base-files can be uploaded at any point before the freeze. If there is a further kernel update planned for inclusion in the

Re: Default valid shells and home dir permissions

2012-01-11 Thread Jordon Bedwell
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 3:37 AM, Kees de Jong keesdej...@gmail.com wrote: For the home dirs try this: dpkg-reconfigure adduser. Then choose 'no'. I think that should do the trick. I am on my Android right now so I can't check it for you. -- Met vriendelijke groet, Kees de Jong On Jan 11,

Re: Default valid shells and home dir permissions

2012-01-11 Thread Karl Goetz
On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:05:11 +0400 Davit Avsharyan avshar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi ppl., 1/ I'm wondering why most of the system users have valid shells by default ? /cat /etc/passwd | grep -E '(sh|bash)' | wc -l *21*/ I've been wondering this too. If they're meant to be like that, I'm

Re: Default valid shells and home dir permissions

2012-01-11 Thread Davit Avsharyan
I know how to change it :). I just wanted to understand why it comes with 755 and not 700 ? Few years ago, if I'm not mistaken, everything was 700. TRJ On 12/01/12 4:49 AM, Jordon Bedwell wrote: On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 3:37 AM, Kees de Jongkeesdej...@gmail.com wrote: For the home dirs try