Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 07:02:13 +1100 (EST) From: Jim Mock <jim@corp.au.triax.com> To: Michael Slater <mikey@iexpress.net.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Basic Security Question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812180659170.872-100000@corp.au.triax.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981217110551.22156A-100000@atlas.iexpress.net.au>
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On Thu, 17 Dec 1998, Michael Slater wrote: > 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.. > I've seen alot of posts for Solaris and Linux, but none about BSDI, so here's BSDI to add to the list =) drwxr-xr-x 12 root wheel 2048 Dec 3 11:31 etc It's BSDI BSD/OS 3.1 btw. Jim : Jim Mock | [jim@corp.au.triax.com] : : System Administrator | web: http://www.triax.com/ : : Triax Internet Services | ----------------------------- : : Portland, OR USA | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve : : Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia | http://www.freebsd.org/ : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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