On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 07:54:03PM +0100, eim wrote: > > Why has Debian choosen to let users access root's home ?
Why not? Debian doesn't put any sensitive files there. In fact, it doesn't put anything notable there at all. > Let me say I "chmod 0700 /root", will I encounter any > problems through some anacrom jobs or anything else ? Since nothing important is installed in /root, there should be no problems with denying access. > I mean, when Debian set "0750 /root" there must be a reason, > ...isn't there ? Presumably the reason is that, traditionally, Unix systems have only taken away access to sensitive information. There's nothing sensitive in /root/, so there's no reason to deny access to it. Also, since it's not usually recommended to work as root, there's really no reason for anything to wind up in /root at all, sensitive or otherwise. > Have a nice time and check out Lord of the Rings, > it really rocks :) Agreed. I must go see it again soon. 8^) noah -- _______________________________________________________ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html
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