Home Directory Permissions

[Ouattara Oumar Aziz]

Anthony M Simonelli a écrit :
> Running Ubuntu 6.10 and LTSP5.  I've noticed that all of the folders in
> the /home directory are readable by other users.  Why is this?  Can I
> change that so only the owners can read, write, and execute files in
> their own home directory?  Will this affect anything system wide?  How
> do I go about doing this (chmod ?)
> 

chmod o-r $HOME

I have had no problem so far