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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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