Security issue - disallow users sharing data

[satimis]

Hi folks,


Ubuntu 8.04 workstation

3 users share this PC, each having its login and password. How to stop user reading the home directory of another user. TIA

B.R.
satimis

[bodhi.zazen]

change the permissions of your home directory.

chmod 770 $HOME

[The Cog]

I would do it this way:

sudo chmod 750 /home/*

which sets all user home directories to be unreadable by the other users.

[satimis]

bodhi.zazen and The Cog,

Thanks for your advice.

Can the user changes the permission back by itself?

TIA


B.R.
satimis

[bodhi.zazen]

users can change permissions on any file or directory they own.

If you wanted to lock down the home directory you would need to make it owned by root.user with permissions of 770