Re: Who should own my home directory?

2006-02-02 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello Martin, Am 2006-01-30 17:05:10, schrieb martin f krafft: > Note he didn't ask how to configure it, but why it is as it is. OK. > I answered this question in my book (see my signature): :-) I am reading allready... And its great! > For new user accounts, \programme{adduser} creates a

Re: Who should own my home directory?

2006-01-30 Thread Dan Martins
On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 04:43:29PM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Please look into the configuration of 2adduser" in > > /etc/adduser.conf > > and RTFM: man 5 adduser.conf > > There is all configurable. > > Greetings > Michelle Konzack > Systemadministrator >

Re: Who should own my home directory?

2006-01-30 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.01.26.1643 +0100]: > Please look into the configuration of 2adduser" in > > /etc/adduser.conf > > and RTFM: man 5 adduser.conf Note he didn't ask how to configure it, but why it is as it is. I answered this question in

Re: Who should own my home directory?

2006-01-30 Thread Michelle Konzack
Please look into the configuration of 2adduser" in /etc/adduser.conf and RTFM: man 5 adduser.conf There is all configurable. Greetings Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator Tamay Dogan Network Debian GNU/Linux Consultant Am 2006-01-22 19:40:00, schrieb Da

Re: Who should own my home directory?

2006-01-22 Thread Dan Martins
On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 07:52:19PM -0600, Reid Priedhorsky wrote: > On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 02:00:21 +0100, Glenn Meehan wrote: > > > > Sounds like you have been using another flavour of unix. SCO has a > > similar group structure to the one you describe. In linux the default is > > to create a group f

Re: Who should own my home directory?

2006-01-22 Thread John Hasler
Glenn Meehan writes: > It seems to me that a users group would be a more logical way to go. But > I'm sure that "the powers that be" have a good reason for configuring it > this way. One group per user is the Debian default because that provides the most privacy. > I suppose that the only reason

Re: Who should own my home directory?

2006-01-22 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 02:00:21 +0100, Glenn Meehan wrote: > > Sounds like you have been using another flavour of unix. SCO has a > similar group structure to the one you describe. In linux the default is > to create a group for each user name that is created. I don't know why > it does this. It seems

Re: Who should own my home directory?

2006-01-22 Thread Glenn Meehan
Sounds like you have been using another flavour of unix. SCO has a similar group structure to the one you describe. In linux the default is to create a group for each user name that is created. I don't know why it does this. It seems to me that a users group would be a more logical way to go. But I

Who should own my home directory?

2006-01-22 Thread Dan Martins
Which group should 'own' the files in my home directory? I just noticed that most sub-directories and files in my home folder are owned by dan:dan. dan is the user account i use on my pc, it is the only account i log in under other than root (this is a home pc, i'm the only one that uses it).