Subject: default permissions on /root
To: None <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: dan radom <dan@radom.org>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 03/08/2003 12:02:02 
Hi,

I just noticed that the default permissions on /root are 755 root.wheel.
on top of that the default umask for the default shell is 022.  That
seems like a potential security concern.  root account is used for
administration and shouldn't be world readable.  Any thoughts from the
masses?

dan