[Bug 204577] Re: private homedirs and separate XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR (/home/share/username)
This bug is (not surprisingly) also present in the server versions of Ubuntu. I don't think such a default behavior is acceptable in a server distro. Actually I don't even think it is acceptable in a desktop distro. One can change whether newly created home folders are world-readable or not: sudo dpkg-reconfigure adduser -- private homedirs and separate XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR (/home/share/username) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/204577 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 204577] Re: private homedirs and separate XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR (/home/share/username)
** Summary changed: - The default umask should be set to 077. XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR should have umask 022 + private homedirs and separate XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR (/home/share/username) ** Description changed: Your homedir should be private but there should be a special public readable folder where you can put files you want to share with other - users of the same machine. - - In other words : - The default umask should be set to 077. XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR should have umask 022 + users of the same machine. (for example /home/share/username) RATIONALE : * the files in your home dir should not be read by others unless you give others permission to do so (privacy and security issue) * with this solution people have an easy way of giving others permission to read their files IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS : + XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR is defined in ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs and is set to $HOME/Public by default. + https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MultiUserManagement - The default umask should be set to 077 (in /etc/profile) - The default umask for XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR should be set to 022 + (Originaly this Bug talked about setting specific umasks for directories + (not supported with standard linux) and did not consider user private + groups allowing a default umask of 002 and sgid group directories.) - XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR should be chmodded to 755 to ensure everybody can - read the contents of this folder. - - XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR is defined in ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs and is set to - $HOME/Public by default. - - brainstorm link : http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/5287/ + original brainstorm link : http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/5287/ -- private homedirs and separate XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR (/home/share/username) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/204577 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
