On Thursdayen den 9 May 2002 22.30, Pierre Fortin wrote: > On Thu, 9 May 2002 20:08:33 +0200 Oden Eriksson > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursdayen den 9 May 2002 18.57, Pierre Fortin wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > This is in LM8.2... Can future msec releases please be setup to allow > > > users to use "ln -s /home/root /root"...? > > > > > > I don't like losing my root files when I upgrade, so I setup a > > > /home/root directory. While checking my logs, I noticed this... > > > > > > May 9 07:01:49 woody msec: changed mode of /home/root from 700 to 755 > > > May 9 08:01:47 woody msec: changed mode of /root from 755 to 700 > > > May 9 09:01:36 woody msec: changed mode of /home/root from 700 to 755 > > > May 9 10:02:47 woody msec: changed mode of /root from 755 to 700 > > > May 9 11:02:00 woody msec: changed mode of /home/root from 700 to 755 > > > May 9 12:01:51 woody msec: changed mode of /root from 755 to 700 > > > > > > Besides, changing user accounts to go+rx is NOT very nice, or > > > security-minded, IMHO... > > > > 711 on /home/* is enough for, for example apache.. > > My preference is to not make *any* directory more open by any automated > process. If I choose 700 for /home/root, I consider it a security issue > for something like msec to make it less secure behind my back.
Then, 1.) convince the msec author, 2.) "rpm -e msec" Personally I hate this background woodoo magic. -- Regards // Oden Eriksson
