> That could be. But didn't they have a proper umask in /root/.bashrc? Depends on what you mean by proper.
> I just went into /root on the system and did 'touch test'. It created it > with mode 644. So? That sounds fine to me. Are you planning on having a file /root/HERE_IS_THE_ROOT_PASSWORD_FOR_THIS_MACHINE or something? > Just for grins I created public_html to see if apache would accept /~root > and it did. So this potato system makes it easy for the superuser to have > a personal home page :) Ok, it's of dubious merit, yet, I fail to see it as a serious security hole. You should not be storing confidential files in /root/public_html. In general, files should be world readable, unless there is some explicit reason for them not to be. Are you also worried that /var/log is not 700, too? Eric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
