Bug#202944: [Adduser-devel] Bug#202944: adduser: default dirmode: not world readable?

2006-02-11 Thread Olaf van der Spek
Marc Haber wrote: On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 10:57:14PM +0100, Olaf van der Spek wrote: What is the reason home directories are world readable (by default)? Historical Reasons. It has always been that way, there is a way to change the default, and changing the default is going to cause trouble

Bug#202944: [Adduser-devel] Bug#202944: adduser: default dirmode: not world readable?

2006-02-11 Thread Marc Haber
On Sat, Feb 11, 2006 at 10:05:55AM +0100, Olaf van der Spek wrote: Marc Haber wrote: On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 10:57:14PM +0100, Olaf van der Spek wrote: What is the reason home directories are world readable (by default)? Historical Reasons. It has always been that way, there is a way to

Bug#202944: [Adduser-devel] Bug#202944: adduser: default dirmode: not world readable?

2006-02-11 Thread Olaf van der Spek
Marc Haber wrote: On Sat, Feb 11, 2006 at 10:05:55AM +0100, Olaf van der Spek wrote: Marc Haber wrote: On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 10:57:14PM +0100, Olaf van der Spek wrote: What is the reason home directories are world readable (by default)? Historical Reasons. It has always been that way,

Bug#202944: [Adduser-devel] Bug#202944: adduser: default dirmode: not world readable?

2006-02-11 Thread Marc Haber
On Sat, Feb 11, 2006 at 02:10:39PM +0100, Olaf van der Spek wrote: I know there's a debconf question for it, but that question isn't asked during a default install. Is that as intended or is the priority too low? The question is asked at medium priority, which is, according to

Bug#202944: [Adduser-devel] Bug#202944: adduser: default dirmode: not world readable?

2006-02-10 Thread Marc Haber
On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 10:57:14PM +0100, Olaf van der Spek wrote: What is the reason home directories are world readable (by default)? Historical Reasons. It has always been that way, there is a way to change the default, and changing the default is going to cause trouble for existing