On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 3:47 PM, lee <lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> 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 ... Thanks, Lee. I have done the following: chmod 755 /home chown psmith /home/psmith chmod -R u=rwx,g=,o= /home/psmith I hope those have left my system secure! Paul -- 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
