hi. i was just wondering. why are there so many world readable files throughout the linux os? shouldn't a directory like /etc not be readable by the world? the reason i ask is because i setup a cron job that backups up a database each night. i noticed that the backup file that was being created was 0 bytes so i did some investigation. turns out it's because i changed the mysql root password, so i changed it in the file. but then i realized the file is world readable by default. of course i changed it to 750 (maybe it should be 700?) but i don't see why so many files are world readable. someone enlighten me please. thanks, chris. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
