<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px">>hi,<br style="" class="">>Am Montag, den 09.02.2015, 10:02 +0000 schrieb ????? ???????:<br style="" class="">>> Hello and sorry for any inconvenience since this is my first attempt<br style="" class="">>> to post.<br style="" class="">>> When ubuntu is installed a default user with "admin" rights is<br style="" class="">>> created. After that any user created has the ability to view the<br style="" class="">>> folders of any other user even if this new user is a simple user. This<br style="" class="">>> is not the required privilege for a simple user, even in a single<br style="" class="">>> desktop or laptop installation. There is a folder for public files in<br style="" class="">>> every home directory which should be accessed from other accounts.<br style="" class="">>> There is a question Why can other users see the files in my home<br style="" class="">>> folder? in which a "majority of users of Ubuntu systems ... or are<br style="" class="">>> sharing with friends and relatives." is one of the answers. Also<br style="" class="">>> another answer is "to make it easier for new users to share files".<br style="" class="">>> Both answers make the public directory unnecessary. Either a public<br style="" class="">>> directory should not exist at all (in order not to confuse new and old<br style="" class="">>> users) or a public directory should be public as opposite to all<br style="" class="">>> other directories (in home folders) which should be hidden (at least<br style="" class="">>> for normal users). <br style="" class="">>> Thanks in advance.<br style="" class="">>> <br style="" class="">>> <br style="" class="">>see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/Policies#Permissive%20Home%20Directory%20Access<br style="" class="">><br style="" class="">>if you want to adjust this behavior for your install ... <br style="" class="">><br style="" class="">>ciao<br style="" class=""><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423556803816_20080">> oli</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423556803816_20081"><br></div><div id="yiv8287564817"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423556803816_19828" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="yiv8287564817"><div id="yiv8287564817yui_3_16_0_1_1423556803816_13114" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="yiv8287564817yui_3_16_0_1_1423556803816_8964">As is mentioned in the above link:</div><div id="yiv8287564817yui_3_16_0_1_1423556803816_8952">"<br></div><div id="yiv8287564817yui_3_16_0_1_1423556803816_8961" dir="ltr">By default, Ubuntu is designed to allow users to easily share files and <span style="" class="yiv8287564817" id="yiv8287564817line-44"></span>help each other . To support this, each user's default home directory <span style="" class="yiv8287564817" id="yiv8287564817line-45"></span>is readable by all other users. Private files could be kept in the <span style="" class="yiv8287564817" id="yiv8287564817line-46"></span>"Private" sub-directory...</div><div id="yiv8287564817yui_3_16_0_1_1423556803816_8965" dir="ltr"><div id="yiv8287564817yui_3_16_0_1_1423556803816_13305">"<br></div><div id="yiv8287564817yui_3_16_0_1_1423556803816_13306" dir="ltr">Problems:<br></div><div id="yiv8287564817yui_3_16_0_1_1423556803816_13140">1. There is no "Private" sub-directory in my installation. Only Public.</div></div><div id="yiv8287564817yui_3_16_0_1_1423556803816_8996" dir="ltr"><div id="yiv8287564817yui_3_16_0_1_1423556803816_13214">2. Even if the intention is to share files, sharing personal preferences should not be an option.</div><div id="yiv8287564817yui_3_16_0_1_1423556803816_13213"><br></div></div><div id="yiv8287564817yui_3_16_0_1_1423556803816_9011" dir="ltr">So, either only folders for Documents (and Pictures and Music and Downloads) should be "public"</div><div id="yiv8287564817yui_3_16_0_1_1423556803816_9066" dir="ltr"><div id="yiv8287564817yui_3_16_0_1_1423556803816_13199" dir="ltr">or only the "Public" folder should be public. <br></div><div id="yiv8287564817yui_3_16_0_1_1423556803816_13206" dir="ltr">Exposing what programs I used (through my conf files being exposed to other users) is at least unwanted and not in the spirit of sharing files but... in the spirit of sharing "preferences".</div><div id="yiv8287564817yui_3_16_0_1_1423556803816_13358" dir="ltr">Thanks<br></div><div id="yiv8287564817yui_3_16_0_1_1423556803816_13212" dir="ltr"><br></div></div><div id="yiv8287564817yui_3_16_0_1_1423556803816_9086" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv8287564817yui_3_16_0_1_1423556803816_9065" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv8287564817yui_3_16_0_1_1423556803816_8930"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>