A simple chmod should fix it. $ chmod 700 /home/user/Documents
That would keep others out of Documents, unless they know the exact file name. Right? Scott -- R. Scott Granneman [email protected] ~ www.granneman.com Full list of publications @ http://www.granneman.com/publications My new book: Google Apps Deciphered @ http://www.granneman.com/books "Sometimes I think there's no reason to get out of bed ... then I feel wet, and I realize there is." ---Homer Simpson On Jul 31, 2009, at 9:35 AM, Theresa Kehoe wrote: > > Setting up Ubuntu for a friend, who wants a second account created for > her boyfriend ... she wanted reassurance that he would not be able to > browse her documents. > > I know Debian would always not let browsers even peek into other users > home directories, giving the ole "you don't have permissions to view" > message. > > However, evidently Ubuntu will happily let any user browse other > users' > home directories and contents!! > > I created two new test accounts to try this, making one a "desktop" > user > and the other "unprivileged". In both cases, logged in as that > user, I > could browse my own home directory, open and read documents, view > images, etc. > > I tested this on Ubuntu 8.04 and Ubuntu 9.04 both. > > I admit I've never really looked at this before, as no one else uses > my > computer. But how long has this been default behavior in Ubuntu? How > can the settings be tweaked so that /home/[user] is kept private to > [user], so that no other users can browse /home/[user] directory? > > Theresa > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
