Christian Hedemark on Tue, 28 Jan 2003 09:04:14 -0500


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RE: [PLUG] directory conventions


Arthur said:
> This is what I was thinking, but I wasn't sure whether a 
> sub-directory under /home had to be associated with a user.  

Nope.  I also use /home for department level "home" directories, using
group ownership to determine access privileges.

> Plus the group permissions suggested are a more elegant 
> solution than the 777 permissions I was planning.

Never know when you're going to have an unexpected guest on your 'puter.
Being smart about security, even on your home computer, makes it easy to
hand out untrusted accounts for visitors.

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