Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > chmod 755 /home > > But what about > > /home/psmith It depends on what you want. There is some tradition that home directories are readable for everyone and writable for their owners only. It may be a good idea to make them readable for their owners only --- or a bad idea like when you're exporting directories in homes through apache (which I think is a very bad idea). In case you have users in groups that need to access someones home directory, you may want to allow group access. When you have convoluted requirements, you may want to use ACLs to accomplish what you need ... -- Fedora 19 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org