Re: ssh quirks...

[marable () NETGEN COM (Rodney C. Marable)]

> if a user's home directory path isn't
> readable by that user, they can't access it.

Are you sure? If a directory isn't executable, a user cannot cd into it.
If a directory is executable but not readable, a user can cd into it, but
cannot list the contents.

> typically the /home dir should be world readable  as should the / dir.

If this is true, any user on that machine would be able to do anything
that they wanted anywhere they chose.  I don't believe this is the advice
you meant to convey.

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