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Re: ssh quirks...
From: klmitch () MIT EDU (Kev)
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 10:04:43 -0500
If, for whatever insane reason, you don't want your users knowing anyone else's home directory, you can remove world read perms from /etc/passwd, and make /home mode 511. Not that anyone would recommend that...
of course, removing world read perms from /etc/passwd would break so many things it isn't even funny. One of the things that would be broken would be the shell. -- Kevin L. Mitchell <klmitch () mit edu> ------------------------- -. .---- --.. ..- -..- -------------------------- http://web.mit.edu/klmitch/www/ (PGP keys availiable from here) RSA AE87D37D/1024: DE EA 1E 99 3F 2B F9 23 A0 D8 05 E0 6F BA B9 D2 DSS ED0DB34E/1024: D9BF 0E74 FDCB 43F5 C597 878F 9455 EC24 ED0D B34E DH 2A2C31D4/2048: 1A77 4BA5 9E32 14AE 87DA 9FEC 7106 FC62 2A2C 31D4
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