<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yiv8471905764"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423473782135_32269" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="yiv8471905764"><div id="yiv8471905764yui_3_16_0_1_1423473782135_29889" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div style="" class="yiv8471905764" dir="ltr" id="yiv8471905764yui_3_16_0_1_1423473782135_14707">Hello and sorry for any inconvenience since this is my first attempt to post.</div><div style="" class="yiv8471905764" id="yiv8471905764yui_3_16_0_1_1423473782135_14729" dir="ltr">When
ubuntu is installed a default user with "admin" rights is created.
After that any user created has the ability to view the folders of any
other user even if this new user is a simple user. This is not the
required privilege for a simple user, even in a single desktop or laptop
installation. There is a folder for public files in every home
directory which should be accessed from other accounts. There is a
question <a rel="nofollow" style="" class="yiv8471905764" id="yiv8471905764yui_3_16_0_1_1423473782135_14795" target="_blank" href="http://askubuntu.com/questions/46501/why-can-other-users-see-the-files-in-my-home-folder">Why can other users see the files in my home folder?</a>
in which a "majority of users of Ubuntu systems ... or are sharing
with friends and relatives." is one of the answers. Also another answer
is "to make it easier for new users to share files". Both answers make
the public directory unnecessary. Either a public directory should not
exist at all (in order not to confuse new and old users) or a public
directory should be public as opposite to all other directories (in home
folders) which should be hidden (at least for normal users). </div>Thanks in advance.<div id="yiv8471905764yui_3_16_0_1_1423473782135_24866"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>