From unknown Sat Aug 16 16:00:09 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#27135 <27135@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#27135 <27135@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: /root is world readable by default Reply-To: bug#27135 <27135@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2025 23:00:09 +0000 retitle 27135 /root is world readable by default reassign 27135 guix submitter 27135 Alex Griffin severity 27135 normal thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon May 29 15:04:53 2017 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 May 2017 19:04:53 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43748 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dFPyH-00036S-Lt for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 29 May 2017 15:04:53 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:44813) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dFPyG-00036G-Ml for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 29 May 2017 15:04:53 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dFPy8-0001hS-KL for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 29 May 2017 15:04:45 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:37955) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dFPy8-0001hB-Hi for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 29 May 2017 15:04:44 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35774) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dFPy4-0003OJ-2b for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 29 May 2017 15:04:40 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dFPy1-0001fy-0u for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 29 May 2017 15:04:40 -0400 Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:52269) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dFPy0-0001fV-GY for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 29 May 2017 15:04:36 -0400 Received: from compute6.internal (compute6.nyi.internal [10.202.2.46]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5383D209CC for ; Mon, 29 May 2017 15:04:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: from web5 ([10.202.2.215]) by compute6.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 29 May 2017 15:04:34 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ajgrf.com; h= content-transfer-encoding:content-type:date:from:message-id :mime-version:subject:to:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s= fm1; bh=YLPdzmnm3MDwJIgu96psWfKtfVJSQurXsNh+zDrKZdk=; b=FmXTUjlb msboABl8+g8FgnV7+YmIMCWGaiyfyokKeSF3EDBiqAES1pHdzH5+O91LqkFEAfWo SLA88B/V7XMiF94Ujf/AYp/355+7Felzs/Gk0ZEJXCgW4zqM8lLwE59XUMk+bLgQ Z7EE/7QLnL/l1oXoV5+KJb5tdU60TO7Ij3PJDwkMSos1DLeqG//Dl4r7z1d0JpN7 v5l64VXJQeIrz9Wwjvj9z9WoLuHJGSWZrhSWWvtZdioA+Dnmn41I/qHQ5K6tCvRD 40WXJCgUi7YRUAbZmj8Pyr0a3jWAYhbpmuANv9jeyhac2nVfoP1Mzqdw+FhrriBc 7dxQk6BKzmvMLQ== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:message-id:mime-version:subject:to:x-me-sender :x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; bh=YLPdzmnm3MDwJIgu96psWfKtfVJSQ urXsNh+zDrKZdk=; b=EUSrNaR0Ziv9rGxhh58ijZv3kJZTsk+EUbCQNcH6tWD8a sfrOlx+fHAzuyXZTMel24ER6QuOwk403C4gihuJ8iQxA6w5M1OnEM653ObUciPw1 YyfncSNaC2DSFFfJbi06eJ9++jFYbqokiX0+fluUuvtiOcxaD7vc45d1P30ryWSr f78dLveUrVJXynE4hvU18AEBzjadtBjWbH1BRqpKB3IQuiSf8o7iYF15syRlrT26 TpuZecLeraXuK7HycmkiuYBvQxjg++J4JsHIkJcd/fpfBiOxB/2/chxQMAN6+vZv jS3XVeETYqrefswD9wpZMlbPQmGEQl9ADkNKQOhag== X-ME-Sender: Received: by mailuser.nyi.internal (Postfix, from userid 99) id 22C369E26F; Mon, 29 May 2017 15:04:34 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <1496084674.772351.992061712.59A7C89F@webmail.messagingengine.com> From: Alex Griffin To: bug-guix@gnu.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface - ajax-345b0d7d Subject: /root is world readable by default Date: Mon, 29 May 2017 14:04:34 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) After a default install of GuixSD, anybody can read root's home directory. I think /root should have permissions 700 instead of 755. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue May 30 12:12:14 2017 Received: (at 27135-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 May 2017 16:12:14 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45523 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dFjkj-0003e0-TP for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 30 May 2017 12:12:14 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:38552) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dFjki-0003dn-GJ for 27135-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 30 May 2017 12:12:12 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dFjkX-00011E-Jr for 27135-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 30 May 2017 12:12:07 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:50905) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dFjkX-00011A-H2; Tue, 30 May 2017 12:12:01 -0400 Received: from [193.50.110.69] (port=56002 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1dFjkW-0002Ne-V8; Tue, 30 May 2017 12:12:01 -0400 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) To: Alex Griffin Subject: Re: bug#27135: /root is world readable by default References: <1496084674.772351.992061712.59A7C89F@webmail.messagingengine.com> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 11 Prairial an 225 de la =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Date: Tue, 30 May 2017 18:11:59 +0200 In-Reply-To: <1496084674.772351.992061712.59A7C89F@webmail.messagingengine.com> (Alex Griffin's message of "Mon, 29 May 2017 14:04:34 -0500") Message-ID: <878tle1fzk.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 27135-done Cc: 27135-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) Hi Alex, Alex Griffin skribis: > After a default install of GuixSD, anybody can read root's home > directory. I think /root should have permissions 700 instead of 755. Fixed in 41db5a756369f5b14d1e67a523ee0940cad56744. For the other user accounts, useradd(8) does its thing, and apparently it defaults to world-readable accounts (it defaults to a umask of 022 as written in the man page). Thoughts? Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue May 30 12:24:54 2017 Received: (at 27135-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 May 2017 16:24:54 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45545 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dFjwz-0005l4-QU for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 30 May 2017 12:24:53 -0400 Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:49017) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dFjwy-0005kx-LK for 27135-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 30 May 2017 12:24:52 -0400 Received: from compute5.internal (compute5.nyi.internal [10.202.2.45]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8403520C6E; Tue, 30 May 2017 12:24:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend2 ([10.202.2.161]) by compute5.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 30 May 2017 12:24:52 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=fastmail.com; h= cc:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:subject:to:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc :x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; bh=d3KceDDQXNEjCDleJu9EqqWdY8spoPswiRmGUo2MJ dE=; b=wAOxeP44VgP68rg5n1utvfw7GFzIsM1rziNXpfwEmnisH3TmEnt7UTT03 dZPVsWc/7WLTJROGls/F445CrXmSnCcq6gSEAEtiSXoy58DSq6jUFw9x8mD5uv/6 5fIWM9p2qQ05b7TZ25utlgbjIBKO0tyFOhkTOFFIH5RRzW14qlo4IcOm9cyxYxhi tdCWhsDPTepNRqGgbv0Kgv0oZpBImFa9nlRdn306Z2QcPZfWBlHjYJQJH8F202Az HdU2rdVEi2KFPnfZSI3aJam+55BkabGKEw+cK/is++iHJlIFLZsuyoMeSPDRMXz6 xKMZofyVt8gl2PJPHSCXfc1Bjic+A== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-me-sender :x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc:x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; bh=d3KceDDQXNEjCDleJu 9EqqWdY8spoPswiRmGUo2MJdE=; b=iZ6J2QiRdc8IPqlkKGbDjaTbV2uGpMBdgW 2VfhFTZXPw9tqeda2E0g/U34m6BbpynFtjZBJUKVlISijRmVJM7aGGyh5OMKpQBW DKd5MCL2aQOYG9kWWzrWJ7RQqUf7gjaIQ1YreUER/IRbUiqPXWm7UfVqegfl9Od0 gdj4bMaaSuTZ/I8LqoxyhbctF4Zi/776z/nDHyL3bj5Fyqqy3264p8Eywj25HWNd HhAxnA7L8FW6ycrETopHnccoR2uMSEcPHm1rprtLBPxhNChr+MW4ciHv1OM5A8Vf Isglc+MLTJattYxnVNePM5gsewdYsKqtdNGIIy70uVc2nwqBt7Xg== X-ME-Sender: X-Sasl-enc: TNv03knYZ/dmamfsCx5hT76KBqecOpXwXGgYCT4Rdf0c 1496161492 Received: from localhost (unknown [185.3.4.227]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id E344B2486C; Tue, 30 May 2017 12:24:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Marius Bakke To: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= , Alex Griffin Subject: Re: bug#27135: /root is world readable by default In-Reply-To: <878tle1fzk.fsf@gnu.org> References: <1496084674.772351.992061712.59A7C89F@webmail.messagingengine.com> <878tle1fzk.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.24.1 (https://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/25.2.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Date: Tue, 30 May 2017 18:24:49 +0200 Message-ID: <87efv6e2i6.fsf@fastmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 27135-done Cc: 27135-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes: > Hi Alex, > > Alex Griffin skribis: > >> After a default install of GuixSD, anybody can read root's home >> directory. I think /root should have permissions 700 instead of 755. > > Fixed in 41db5a756369f5b14d1e67a523ee0940cad56744. > > For the other user accounts, useradd(8) does its thing, and apparently > it defaults to world-readable accounts (it defaults to a umask of 022 as > written in the man page). > > Thoughts? I'm in favor of overriding that default. I usually chmod /home/* to 0700 anyway. 0750 would be okay too and probably covers more use cases. --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCgAdFiEEu7At3yzq9qgNHeZDoqBt8qM6VPoFAlktnNIACgkQoqBt8qM6 VPoQdAgAtIrIKG9cb23bSL/OL9oDrQJewcgYDLBkUILocdd7yJqUpFa8WxeIIQOU 4m4maVx0fkhoplb7AUsi24lpt0XWm+2RkMBseQVsswGlodzG7DwY7mlLteOQm8Yh 4zD3i2a2BnkhAcGlibsiEXGm65lFXI/7mDA1qGv/sAoJcdruHZ5W5EvNqALYhjjC tGlKYg3Y7ZEYaPVTG3Eav7sDKnBbpfkAyywW8YvFrsFPOdET7vbExNz+vfLjqYMe aMuIIXTSM/H2FC52pA1GTjqSWo7kNNO3EwgQTTdSTo+6uhEPm7lYMIva8NkqMJ1i xuSmblUkvpuvjf+f7dfBVp6DyA5P3A== =j8Bu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=-- From unknown Sat Aug 16 16:00:09 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. 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