Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 10:30:08 +0400 From: "Andrey Simonenko" <simon@comsys.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua> To: <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Permissions on /root directory and /etc/mtree/BSD.root.dist Message-ID: <004f01c1369d$5fc07ba0$6d36120a@comsys.ntukpi.kiev.ua>
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Hi All, I have one idea about permissions on /root directory and permissions on /root directory specified in the /etc/mtree/BSD.root.dist file. After finishing FreeBSD installating process permissions on /root directory are equal to 0755. Some administrators don't like these permissions for home dir of root and changed them to 0700, or to 0750, or to any other permissions. 0700 mode restricts other users from reading /root directory. When root wants to upgrade system he/she run "make buildworld", "make installworld". But installworld calls mtree, which changes /root permissions to default value specified in the /etc/mtree/BSD.root.dist file. So, if administrator will not forgot about needed permissions on /root, then installworld will open /root directory for reading for everybody. I propose not to change permissions on /root directory in the /etc/mtree/BSD.root.dist file and leave them unchanged. Comments? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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