Bug#397382: harden-doc: suboptimal explanation for www-data and backup users

2006-11-25 Thread Francesco Poli
On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 01:42:42 +0100 Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote: > On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 11:42:25PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > > Would it be wise if web content were owned by a regular user (say > > user Ronny Regularuser, username 'ronny') who is the webmaster, and > > by grou

Bug#397382: harden-doc: suboptimal explanation for www-data and backup users

2006-11-23 Thread Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 11:42:25PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: > More in detail, web servers must obviously be able to read web content > (so that they can serve it); hence it seems that web content should at > least be readable by www-data *group*. Is that right? > Would it be wise if web conten

Bug#397382: harden-doc: suboptimal explanation for www-data and backup users

2006-11-06 Thread Francesco Poli
Package: harden-doc Version: 3.10 Severity: wishlist Hi! Section 12.1.12.1 _Are all system users necessary?_[1] lists statically allocated system users and their intended purpose. [1] which is in http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch12.en.html#s12.1 Among the others, the fo