More secure permissions for /root and /etc/sysctl.conf
Wojciech Puchar
wojtek at puchar.net
Mon Feb 3 14:00:07 UTC 2020
>
> I still can not support that as a change:
> a) It has been 755 for 26 years on FreeBSD and also as long as
> I can remeber (aka v4 research). Changing it would be a POLA
> violation.
so if it was wrong for so long, let keep it wrong.
>
> b) No known security flaw has been shown other than user error.
so simply set all files to 777. it's user error forgetting to change it to
something else.
>
> c) The default for home directories in all the BSD's I looked at
> are 755.
Not true.
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