On June 13, 2002 05:36, David Guntner wrote:
> Ok, I've read the information at
>
> http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/msec.php
>
> and saw the information regarding /etc/security/msec/perm.local.  I've
> created one, and put:
>
> /home/*       current 755
>
> in it.  Then I ran msec (I'm currently at level 3, BTW).  When I look in my
> syslog, it shows that it's reading parameters from perm.3, but no mention
> of perm.local - also, /home/* directories are still set as mode 711.  What
> am I missing here to get msec to actually follow the instructions in
> perm.local?
>
>               --Dave

I'm not positive, but I believe in order to change the permissions on a home 
directory you have to change the default umask. Try adding the following to 
the /etc/security/msec/level.local file:

     from mseclib import *
     set_user_umask(022)

-- 
Tim C
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