More secure permissions for /root and /etc/sysctl.conf

[Miroslav Lachman]

Rodney W. Grimes wrote on 2020/02/02 19:08:
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>> Ben Woods wrote on 2020/02/02 02:46:
>>
>> [...]
>>> DragonFlyBSD 5.6.2 = 700
>>> HardenedBSD build 104 = 755
>>> NetBSD 9.0 RC1 = 755
>>> OpenBSD 6.6 = 700
>>>
>>> For what it's worth, I am broadly supportive of this because I see no
>>> reason for /root to be world readable.
>>
>> +1
>>
>> I see no reason for world readable /root too.
>> We always set user's homes to 0700 (subdirs of /usr/home).
> 
> Who is "We" in this context?

Our sysadmin team at work.

> FreeBSD's default for home directories is 755.
> 
> And as I have stated before anyone who is taking group rx off
> of /root is fooling themselves as that just creates pain for
> members of group wheel who now needlessly need to su to
> see /root's files.

Read it again. 700 for homedirs under /usr/home. I am not talking about 
700 for /root, just that I see no reason to world readable /root.

Kind reagards
Miroslav Lachman