On Mon, 10 Jun 2002, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > Hi, > > just came back from a trip to the Mandrake newsgroup and I'm still in > terror! I read a thread about the default behaviour of msec concerning > the permissions of home directories. > > So I made a fresh install of MDK 8.2 from the boxed version with sec > level 'Standard', created 2 dummy users (joe & anne) and lokked at he > result:
[small snip] > > Here you go! Isn't that the state of permissions which should have been > there from the start? My experiment just tells the same as what I read in > the newsgroup: Although sec level 'Standard' is given during > installation, after the install all users can read all other user's > files. Only by manually punching in the msec command I get the 'normal' > secure status. > > Now who of the not-so-worn-out Linux users knows the msec command? Who of > the newbies even knows that he may have to do something? > > The unsuspicious newbie does an installation of a presumably more secure > system than he is used to in Win9x/ME but what does he really get??? > > > wobo wobo, dude! thanks for the headsup. this is one "not-so-worn-out Linux user" that wasn't aware of msec apart from hearing it mentioned now and then on the lists, but one that has taken your advice and taken care of bidness. perms on my server and workstations are now as they should be. thanks! ;) -- Mark a.k.a. daRcmaTTeR ------------------ "If your wife told you NOT to do it there's probably a real good reason!" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- REGISTERED LINUX USER #186492 Penguinized since 1997
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