On Fri, 2009-07-31 at 09:38 -0500, Scott Granneman wrote: > 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.
You can also change the properties of the entire /home/[user] directory in Nautilus ... I guess my point is more of a stunned WTF!!! How long has Ubuntu been "door wide open, unwashed hordes come on through"? I realize I'm getting daffier as I get older, but I really do recall every other Linux distro I have used in the past decade ALL restricting access to a user's /home directory to that particular user ONLY. Even worse (and yes, I feel embarrassed about this that I never noticed it before now) is that this has been going on for HOW long? It's default behavior in an operating system I've encouraged a whole lot of people to switch to because it's "more secure" among other things? How is leaving your entire /home directory open to World + Dog possibly "secure"??? How come this deviation from standard sensible procedure is never mentioned or documented that I know of? Certainly there are no warnings, no options to "install in a more sane and secure manner" during the initial install procedure. 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
