Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 21:13:20 -0800 From: "Bharat Mediratta" <bharat@menalto.com> To: "Ryan Thompson" <freebsd@sasknow.com>, "R Joseph Wright" <rjoseph@nwlink.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: user account gone awry Message-ID: <NDBBKDIKOLJOLALGCEBCOEOLCIAA.bharat@menalto.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002152257280.65750-100000@sasknow.com>
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Ryan Thompson says: > > On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, R Joseph Wright wrote: > > > > Also, if that first ls says permission denied, then the permissions on > > > /home or /usr/home are in question. Try ls -load /home instead. > > > > The permissions of /home are: > > lrwxrwxrwx root wheel > > Wow! It is generally a very Bad Idea to make /home world writeable. I > recommend permissions of 755 unless you have a VERY good reason > to do otherwise. (I can't think of one). Note the 'l' in the permissions -- it's a symlink. To see the actual permissions you have to follow the link. Try 'ls -Lload /home' -Bharat To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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