Noah Meyerhans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Why do you want to? If nobody can read /proc then they can't run things > like 'ps'. That's not a good thing. /etc is a similar case. Depending on > your installation, it's quite likely that there are things in /etc that > *need* to be readable by a normal user.
Correct ;) I can think of `/etc/passwd' straight OTTOMH - a humble ls will confuse all the users who can't see their own username straight. If the OP wants to persist in this, he'll have to consider system daemons as well; your MTA & MDA probably take a walk through /etc/ as user `mail', maybe... Woops :) ~Tim -- Clouds cross the black moonlight, |[EMAIL PROTECTED] Rushing on down to the sound |http://spodzone.org.uk/ of a turning world |

