Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 10:26:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: gabor.kovesdan@t-hosting.hu (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?K=F6vesd=E1n_G=E1bor?=) Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/95684: /root wrong permissions Message-ID: <200604131426.k3DEQFXA028275@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <443E5B5A.7080506@t-hosting.hu>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> > Jerry McAllister wrote: . . . > > The following reply was made to PR misc/95684; it has been noted by GNATS. > > > > > > > > > with standard installation of FBSD 5.4 Released or 6.0 Released from CD-ROM, > > > you have after install process a wrong permission of /root. > > > It is 0755, but it should be 0700. > > > I see this as an Security hole. > > > > I was just able to look back as far as FreeBSD 3.2 - as far back as > > I have anything handy running and they all have "/" set to 755. > > > > I don't understand why it should be 0700. > > > > If you did that, no person could do an ls or get to directories under > > root. The 755 setting does not allow group or world to write to root, > > just get to the necessary things in it. > > > > > I think you misunderstood the problem of the submitter. He meant > "/root", the home of the root user, not the root filesystem "/". Ah, you are probably right about that. It is a little different, but really, 755 is the standard permissions for a home directory, so is it significant? There is normally nothing of consequence in the /root directory and probably shouldn't be. Unless you do something else, it just has a few dot files for shells, etc. You shouldn't be using the actual 'root' account for logins or much of anything anyway. When[if] I create a root account, eg another account with '0' UID, I normally make a directory within /root to be its home directory and can set its permissions any way I want if I feel the need. So, I don't see this as any security weakness. ////jerry > > Gabor Kovesdan >
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200604131426.k3DEQFXA028275>