From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from saidin.asmodean.net ([216.254.102.192]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16JPmh-0004h8-00 for ; Wed, 26 Dec 2001 20:56:39 -0500 Received: from raul by saidin.asmodean.net with local (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16JPmH-00024i-00 for ; Wed, 26 Dec 2001 19:56:13 -0600 Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 19:56:12 -0600 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: system privacy Message-ID: <20011227015612.GA7962@asmodean.net> Mail-Followup-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca References: <20011226234747.GA6510@asmodean.net> <20011226182328.A1675@uic.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20011226182328.A1675@uic.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.24i From: "Raul A. Gallegos" Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Because if you for example make /etc permissions 700 or 711 basic things such as dns and mail do not work for that user. Gregory Nowak said the following on Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 06:23:28PM -0600: > Why don't you just switch execute permissions on all dirs, preventing people say in the users group from doing a "cd" into them? > Greg > > > On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 05:47:47PM -0600, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: > > I've heard of a program which prevents normal users from seeing > > directory contents on the system. My understanding is that they can > > still run programs such as pine, mutt, etc even though those might > > require seeing /etc/resolv.conf but if they try to cd into any directory > > above their home dir they can't. I've looked around but can't find such > > a utility. Anyone have ideas? > > -- > > We are writing this e-mail to inform you that the mail server is down. > > Please do not call the help desk for assistance. To see the progress of > > any outage refer to your e-mail notifications. > > Raul A. Gallegos - http://www.asmodean.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- We are writing this e-mail to inform you that the mail server is down. Please do not call the help desk for assistance. To see the progress of any outage refer to your e-mail notifications. Raul A. Gallegos - http://www.asmodean.net