user access on Debian
 

Hi again, having a few problems with user access on Debian. I created two accounts - one for myself and one for my girlfriend. The strange thing is - when she logs in - she can access my folder. I haven't encountered this before.

On Fedora 7 the folders are automatically locked to other users. Why can't I create the same conditions on Debian Etch? Maybe I am missing something really simple?

bookie

some distros create a new user AND a new group for each user.
Trad Unix defaulted to the same group eg 'user' for any non-priv user, unless otherwise specified.
Try
ls -l
on the home dirs, and check the group ids in
/etc/passwd

Hi chrism01
 

Thanks for the prompt reply. I am in the middle of formating the partitions on the windows os on the same computer, so I will test your info as soon as the formating is finished - and get back to you with the result.

bookie

Hi

In debian, with the default setup, home directories will have a 755 permission - meaning owner can do anything and any other user can read.

If you don't like this, edit "/etc/adduser.conf" and look for where it says:
DIR_MODE=0755
Change it to:
DIR_MODE=0700

That doesn't change the home direcories of users already created. To do that, just use a chmod, like
chmod 700 /home/username

Hej till Guttorm
 

Tack så mycket för informationen.

MVH
bookie

PS Sorry, nearly forgot that this is an English forum.