On 14 Jul 2013, at 02:24, lee <lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> 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: > > yvw :) > >> chmod 755 /home >> chown psmith /home/psmith >> chmod -R u=rwx,g=,o= /home/psmith >> >> I hope those have left my system secure! > > I'd be wondering what 'g=,o=' actually does. You may want > > You'd be wanting to take a peek in the man page for chmod then. They're designed for exactly what he's done. Junk. -- 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
