Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 01:57:56 -0500 (EST) From: "James A. Mutter" <jmutter@netwalk.com> To: Don Read <sysop@calcasieu.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Basic Security Question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812170156310.235-100000@insomnia.local.net> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19981216222711.0087fd10@mail>
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> back on 07:52 PM 12/16/98 -0800, you said: > >On Thu, 17 Dec 1998, Michael Slater wrote: > >> 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 > <snip> > > > >You could show him this. > > > >$ uname -a > >SunOS bloodhound 5.6 Generic sun4m sparc SUNW,SPARCstation-20 > >$ ls -ld /etc > >drwxr-xr-x 27 root sys 3072 Dec 13 00:10 /etc > > > >That's the default install values for Solaris 5.6 > You could also explain to him that it just won't work that way. There are more than a few programs/applications which need to read things like the password database just to function. Does your boss by chance have pointy hair? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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