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Date:      Wed, 8 Nov 2000 11:10:26 +1100 (EST)
From:      Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au>
To:        Ryan Masse <rmasse@mastery.ca>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: adduser script
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011081103530.12298-100000@backup.af.speednet.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011062311130.51506-100000@comp1.mastery.ca>

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> I've migrated my server from slack to fbsd 4.1.1 stable...
> 
> I've noticed when adding users, their home directories are chmod'd to
> 755 allowing others read access to the contents of their folder. I've
> tried editing the contents of /usr/sbin/adduser wherever there was a 755 i
> replaced it with 711 but when creteing a new user using the modified
> script it still creates the home directories with read access (755). 
> 
> Can anyone give me some suggestions other than manually adding the users
> to remidying my prob?

The adduser(8) command uses the /usr/share/skel directory (and its
permissions) as a template for creating user homes.

"chmod 700 /usr/share/skel" will do what you want.

> 
> thx in advance,
> Ryan
> 

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 :{ andyf@speednet.com.au
  
        Andy Farkas
    System Administrator
   Speednet Communications
 http://www.speednet.com.au/
  




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