Marc Haber wrote:
On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 10:57:14PM +0100, Olaf van der Spek wrote:
What is the reason home directories are world readable (by default)?

Historical Reasons. It has always been that way, there is a way to
change the default, and changing the default is going to cause trouble
for existing installations.

What kind of trouble exactly?
And doesn't the default only apply to new installations?


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