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Vulnerability Development: Re: ssh quirks...

Re: ssh quirks...

From: Rodney C. Marable <marable_at_NETGEN.COM>
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 15:19:17 -0500

> 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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Received on Dec 27 1999
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