Default security: other users can ACCESS MY HOMEDIR?!

Nick Pavlica linicks at gmail.com
Wed Mar 2 17:01:20 GMT 2005


How would you restrict regular users from accessing any part of the
file system accept there home dirs?  Is this even possible?


On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 14:26:10 +0100, David Landgren <david at landgren.net> wrote:
> Fafa Diliha Romanova wrote:
> > hey
> >
> > i didn't realize all my users had full access to my homedir!
> > that kinda sucks, me who thought i had everything private and locked down
> >
> > what chmod should i set my homedir to then?
> 
> chmod 700 $HOME
> 
> > and how do i set my system to chmod all new homedirs to that chmod?
> 
> umask 0077
> 
> >
> > thanks!
> 
> You're welcome.
> 
> David
> 
> 
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