> > > that anybody can read root's files?
> > no. i don't know why you have 0755.
>
> He has 0755 because that's the standard we ship with. See
> /etc/mtree/NetBSD.dist
>
> > change to 0700
>
> Why bother? It isn't a security issue.
>
i don't like files kept in /root to be world readable. really don't like.

if you have almost nothing in /root it's not a problem.

but i still don't see any adventage of having /root world readable.