> 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? As long as the /etc/shadow file is not world-readable ;) , I dont see a problem with having these file world-readable. Saqib Ali ------------- http://validate.sf.net <---- (X)HTML / DocBook Validator and Transformer -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list