A few days ago I installed a new linux os. Today i realize /root
has o+r (755)
so EVERYONE is able to see my root sql password in /root/.my.cnf
. I freaked out and simply changed /root
to 750
.
My /var/www
folder is 2755
but all the folders in it are 2750
(so certain users can browse to the folder without being blind). What software, file permissions and other DEFAULT configuration should I change?
/root
has always been 755 on Debian and Ubuntu, as far as I remember. My unreliable memory goes back to potato, and I can verify this for machines where the first install was etch, lenny, warty, hardy or lucid.