From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 31 21:16:51 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 384AC1065672 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:16:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jalmberg@identry.com) Received: from mx1.identry.com (on.identry.com [66.111.0.194]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C14728FC12 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:16:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jalmberg@identry.com) Received: (qmail 10310 invoked by uid 89); 31 Jul 2008 21:16:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.110?) (jalmberg@75.127.142.66) by mx1.identry.com with ESMTPA; 31 Jul 2008 21:16:49 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <26259A11-0CE7-43FB-878C-1A989C1EB006@identry.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: John Almberg Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:16:48 -0400 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) Subject: Controlling read access X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:16:51 -0000 I operate a server on which I am typically the only ssh user, but I do provide a small number of users ftp access. Each user has their own home directory. Currently all home directories have read permission set for 'other'. This means if I log in as one user, I can read and even download the contents of other users home directories. I want to block this read access. What is the best way to do this? Turn off the read bit for 'other'? Or is there some better way? Thanks: John