From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 11 14: 5:37 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from topaz.mdcc.cx (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9739037B418 for ; Sun, 11 Nov 2001 14:05:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from k7.mavetju.org (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by topaz.mdcc.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87B4B2B67C; Sun, 11 Nov 2001 23:05:28 +0100 (CET) Received: by k7.mavetju.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 15646184; Mon, 12 Nov 2001 09:05:06 +1100 (EST) Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 09:05:06 +1100 From: Edwin Groothuis To: Walter Hop Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: does /etc HAVE to be world readable? Message-ID: <20011112090506.M35710@k7.mavetju.org> Mail-Followup-To: Edwin Groothuis , Walter Hop , FreeBSD Questions References: <158198076589.20011111224859@binity.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <158198076589.20011111224859@binity.com>; from walter@binity.com on Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 10:48:59PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 10:48:59PM +0100, Walter Hop wrote: > QuickQuestion(tm): does /etc HAVE to be world readable? The directory itself, yes. The files in it don't need to be. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message