Re: permission of shadow file and upgrade the kernel

2007-04-10 Thread ann kok
Hi Doug Thank you But I saw most of linux are using 600 why is debian using 640? for the upgrade, could you give me more information? eg: steps to upgrade thank you --- Douglas Allan Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 12:47:23PM -0700, ann kok wrote: Hi all

Re: permission of shadow file and upgrade the kernel

2007-04-10 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 05:52:19AM -0700, ann kok wrote: --- Douglas Allan Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 12:47:23PM -0700, ann kok wrote: why the permission of the shadow file in debian is 640? and how can I upgrade the kernel? eg: 686 kernel

permission of shadow file and upgrade the kernel

2007-04-09 Thread ann kok
Hi all why the permission of the shadow file in debian is 640? and how can I upgrade the kernel? eg: 686 kernel Thank you Don't get soaked. Take a quick peek at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather

Re: permission of shadow file and upgrade the kernel

2007-04-09 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 12:47:23PM -0700, ann kok wrote: Hi all why the permission of the shadow file in debian is 640? and how can I upgrade the kernel? eg: 686 kernel 1. What do you think the permissions of shadow should be? The only user who needs to read /etc/shadow is root,

Re: permission of shadow file and upgrade the kernel

2007-04-09 Thread Bob McGowan
Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 12:47:23PM -0700, ann kok wrote: Hi all why the permission of the shadow file in debian is 640? ---deleted 1. What do you think the permissions of shadow should be? The only user who needs to read /etc/shadow is root, that is the

Re: permission of shadow file and upgrade the kernel

2007-04-09 Thread Greg Folkert
On Mon, 2007-04-09 at 17:37 -0700, Bob McGowan wrote: [snip] One might wonder why it isn't just 600, if the only user needing access is root? The answer may be in the permissions and owner/group: -rw-r- 1 root shadow It would appear there are (or could potentially be) tools