stig henning thune wrote:
> # ls -l /etc/group
> -rw-------  1 root root 567 Nov 22 01:42 /etc/group
> 
> ..ah, so chmod 640, and now I get
> 
> Looked at file attributes and found that the /etc/passwd had some 600.
> Change /etc/passwd to 640, and now
> 
> ..but I guess this is a security issue, having the 640 attributes.

/etc/group and /etc/passwd must be world readable. they contain no 
really sensitive information - /etc/shadow has passwords.

group and passwd just contain users and groups

Cheers,
-- 
Morten
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