On 2012-06-22 15:43, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > Hi [email protected] > On an 8.3-RELEASE running sshd, /var/log/auth.log > Jun 22 12:54:06 lapr sshd[57505]: Authentication refused: > bad ownership or modes for directory / > Until I did > chown 0:0 / > ( It was previously > drwxr-xr-x 25 bin bin 1024 Jun 20 19:53 ./ > ) > The chown is consistent with all of 8.3 /bin also being root & not bin, > > BUT > > Over use of Root seems Bad. > Our ownership scheme has degraded compared to early 1980s Unix, where > most bin & lib files & dirs were owned by bin, except for > - a few SUID bins that Needed root > - occasional administrator droppings, > temporary accidental files that glared at the eyeball, > as root, cos near all else was just bin. > > IMO very little in a system should be user root. > > Apologies, but to guide replies : > (after threads burnt by a troll on another list) > I'd not appreciate replies just along the lines of > "It has to be to satisfy existing software". > I'd much rather receive replies along lines of > "What would be best ownership scheme, advantages & > disadvantages + should we change anything ?" >
Hm, I just found an old Dennis_v5 release from 1974 and / was set to 0:3 which is today root:sys and not to 2:2 If you look hard enough you will can find the v5root.tar.gz from 1974 on unixarchive.cn-k dot de or some other mirrors ;) -- Regards, olli _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
