Default permissions

On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 10:00 +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 02:35:54PM -0700, George Farris wrote:
> > Having /home permissions be other than 0700 is a no no IMHO.  It always
> > has been on UNIX systems.
> 
> No, it really hasn't! The ability for users to conveniently share files
> has always come first in Unix.

Even so, the implications of having to explicitly allow access to stuff
you want to share is far less than the implications of unknowingly
sharing stuff you thought was safe...

Regards,
John