Ethan Benson wrote: > > On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 11:24:16AM +0300, Dragos Delcea wrote: > > hello, > > I'm trying to get used to debian (I'm new to it) > > Here is a simple question: > > why the user's home have those strange permisions?...in redhdat I used > > to have > > 0700 for each user's directory...now (debian 2.2rev3) I have something > > like 2755 (I cannot remember exactly). > > why is that? > > it means that an user can see the files in the another user's directory. > > I can change it to 700 manually, but I think maybe it's a catch. > > and what's with that SGID? > > maybe something will broke if I change it... > > the setgid bit forces all files to be created with the group of the > parent directory rather then the user's primary group. essentially it > changes the file creation semantics from sysv to bsd. > > as for 755 vs 700 its a long and well known *nix tradition to create > home directories world readable it encourages a sharing environment. > users can always change the permissions on their home directory or any > subdirectory they want to keep private. > > if your users are too dumb then you may have to do it for them. i > think /etc/adduser.conf has a option for home directory creation mode > (maybe only in woody's adduser..). > > just because redhat does something doesn't make it standard or > correct. yes, I know that, but I must have a starting point to compare something. until now I like debian, but there are a plenty of things that are not alike and I just started learning I plan someday to put debian on the servers at work, but by that day I must know it inside out; or I would just shoot myself in the foot... thanks for your reply
> > -- > Ethan Benson > http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
