On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 11:11:55AM -0700, Gary Hennigan wrote: > "Charlie Grosvenor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I have just used the command adduser to add some users to my system. I > > have noticed that each user added has read rights to other users home > > directory. Why is this? how can i stop adduser from creating home > > directories with these permissions? > > On most of the systems I've ever administered that was the desired > permission. Maybe just historical, but I can tell stories all day > about users wanting to access each others directories and weren't able > to because they had set there root directory permission to 700. > > Anyway, you were either asked whether the default should be to have > home directories system-wide readable or you've set you're priority to > a value high enough that it used the default when you installed > adduser. You can reconfigure it like: > > dpkg-reconfigure --priority=low adduser > > and answer "No" to the question "Do you want system wide readable home > directories?". > > This assumes you're running "testing" or "unstable". I don't remember > if this was configurable via dpkg-reconfigure in potato. > > Gary
Thanks Gary for a very informative answer. Can I send a revised version to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for inclusion in the Debian FAQ? -- Note that I use Debian version 3.0 Linux emac140 2.4.17 #1 s?n feb 10 20:21:22 CET 2002 i686 unknown Hans Ekbrand
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