Ubuntu
base-files package

  1. Bug #481825
  2. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 481825

Revision history for this message
Lee Bryant (rlb-contact) wrote :

OK, here is umask output in the home/ dir

generic@generic-laptop:/home$ umask -p
umask 0022
generic@generic-laptop:/home$ umask -S
u=rwx,g=rx,o=rx
generic@generic-laptop:/home$

Why would I want for someone (or anyone) to waltz into any other users folder and monkey around? I have tax forms on one user, while another is meant for a room mate. I don't think that this is the best security feature here. I know that 9.04 upset a lot of people with just one folder being public. But why would you now want them ALL to be public?