Big Hole

[Ron Peterson]

On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 07:45:42PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 07:33:11PM +0000, baza wrote:
> > I think I've found a security hole in my Hoary box.
> > 
> > Without changing any of the default permissions a user on a multi-user 
> > box can see the files in an other persons Home directory????
> 
> That's a feature, not a bug. (It's awkward for users to share files
> otherwise, which is a frequent use of a multi-user box.) If you want a
> private directory inside which other users can't see, use 'chmod o-rwx'
> to make other users have no permissions on it.

Does /root want to share also?

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Ron Peterson
Network & Systems Manager
Mount Holyoke College
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~rpeterso