On Sat, 8 Mar 2003 10:03:07 -0600 "J.P. Pasnak"
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> On March 7, 2003 19:33 pm, Pierre Fortin wrote:
> > On Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:09:20 -0600 (CST) "J.P. Pasnak"
> >
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Pierre Fortin said:
> > > > SIGH...   I recently noticed that all my users' home directories
> > > > had 755 permissions...  changed this to 700 and now it's back to
> > > > 755... What's the point of separate userids if msec allows each
> > > > user to read another's directory??
> > > >
> > > > Will there be a more secure default in 9.1...?  If not, then I
> > > > don't care to continue with msec on my systems:  rpm -e msec  && 
> > > > chmod 700 /home
> > >
> > > msec works exactly as it should, and I doubt they will change the
> > > defaults because of people not knowing how to use it.
> > >
> > > Learn how to edit '/usr/share/msec/perm.x' or create a custom
> > > permission file with drakperm.
> > >
> > > Also, read this article:
> > > http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/msec.php
> >
> > See also the rant inside my reply to Jack...  gratuitously lowering
> > owner-defined security levels is irresponsible...  trying to shift
> > the blame to the owner with "local rules" doesn't cut it....  I made
> > my local rules EXplicitly when I made /home/* 700...  Blindly
> > lowering them, without even asking BTW, is a security violation
> > IMO....
> 
> OK, I see your point here, but how would you go about implementing this?
>  
> Would msec have to do comparisons on all directories, increasing 
> completion time and usage?  Would it have on/off per directory 
> functionality?
> 
> I like msec, and have over time worked around it's quirks, so I'd like 
> to see it improved rather than chucked out...
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Ditto...  my whole point although probably not stated/understood as
intended...

L8R.

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