[wellylug] /home/$user permissions
David Murray
newslists at electronincantation.net.nz
Wed Mar 15 15:21:56 NZDT 2006
On Wed, 15 Mar 2006, Ian Beardslee wrote:
> ... what are the correct/recommended owner and permissions for the /home
> directory?
Owner: root
Group: root
permissions: drwer--r--
> ... what are the correct/recommended owner and permissions for the user
> directory in /home?
Owner: $user
Group: $user
Permissions drwer--r-- unless you do not wish other users to view the
contents of your directory, in which case permissions should be
drwe------.
> ... and finally, what are the correct/recommended owner and permissions
> for the Lost&Found directory in /home?
Dunno. At a guess probably the same as for /home.
Hope that helps
Cheers
David Murray
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