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Your Home file permissions

Date: 2007-02-07 00:00:00 -0400

How to make your $HOME directory only for your eyes.

Make directories only viewable by you:

find $HOME -type d -exec chmod 700 '{}' \;

make regular files only viewable and editable by you:

find $HOME -type f -exec chmod 600 '{}' \;

Thanks to:

Stephen R. Laniel Cell: +(617) 308-5571 http://laniels.org/

for this tip.

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