From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 16 19:11:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA24363 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 19:11:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from atlas.iexpress.net.au (atlas.iexpress.net.au [203.38.34.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA24355 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 19:11:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mikey@iexpress.net.au) Received: from localhost (mikey@localhost) by atlas.iexpress.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id LAA22628 for ; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 11:11:14 +0800 (WST) (envelope-from mikey@iexpress.net.au) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 11:11:14 +0800 (WST) From: Michael Slater To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Basic Security Question Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello, This might seem like a pretty basic question to most on this list but here goes.. My boss, a non UNIX person, has directed me to make the /etc directory readable only by root.. He ignores my argument that this is not a good thing and claims that FreeBSD must be very insecure if this is the case. Can someone explain in simple terms what the permissions should be for the /etc directory, and why it is not a good idea to make it readable only by root. His assumption is that a "good" comerical grade system such as Solaris, or BSDI would never allow this.. Michael Slater Internet Express Perth, Western Australia To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message