[ubuntu-in] A message which I can't delete

[Sanjay Bhangar]

On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 8:36 PM, Gora Mohanty <gora at sarai.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 2 May 2009 20:18:30 +0530
> tabankg <khabor08 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The output of "ls -ld ~" provides:
> >
> > drwxrwxrwx 66 kgnile kgnile 4096 2009-05-02 19:14 /home/kgnile
> [...]
>
> That is the problem then. Your home directory is writable
> by anyone on the system, which is a big security issue,
> and should definitely be fixed, independent of your current
> problem.
>

Sorry I missed seeing the 'w's there - of course, that is most likely the
problem.
Apologies for the confusion :-)
-Sanjay


>
> Change this with
>  chmod 700 ~
> or, if you wish to allow others to read and view things in
> your home directory,
>  chmod 755 ~
>
> Regards,
> Gora
>
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