Hi, I recommend using the chattr program. You should set them immutable chattr +i /etc/passwd /etc/shadow /etc/group /etc/gshadow. Man chattr.
Domonkos Czinke -----Original Message----- From: Lupe Christoph [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 9:56 AM To: mi Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: secure file permissions On Sunday, 2003-12-07 at 09:27:04 +0100, mi wrote: > Can you tell me what are the default permissions for /etc/group and > /etc/passwd ? > I restricted them to rw for root only, but some things like exim (and > possibly dpkg ?) seem to need read access there too. > What's recommendet ? You want to change them, so I guess you should know why. BTW, try running ls as a user when /etc/group and /etc/passwd are 600. Lupe Christoph -- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.lupe-christoph.de/ | | "Violence is the resort of the violent" Lu Tze | | "Thief of Time", Terry Pratchett | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
