GNU bug report logs - #27135
/root is world readable by default

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Alex Griffin <a <at> ajgrf.com>

Date: Mon, 29 May 2017 19:05:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Alex Griffin <a <at> ajgrf.com>
Cc: 27135-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27135: /root is world readable by default
Date: Tue, 30 May 2017 18:11:59 +0200

Hi Alex,

Alex Griffin <a <at> ajgrf.com> 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’.
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