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Why can other users see the files in my home folder?
I don't want the others users of my computer to be able to open my home folder. I'm the administrator, how can I do this?
Possible Duplicate:
Why can other users see the files in my home folder?
I don't want the others users of my computer to be able to open my home folder. I'm the administrator, how can I do this?
In a terminal, run
chmod 700 ~
as your own user. It'll make ~
(your homedir) only accessible to yourself (the root user will also be able to access it, but no one else). To learn more, see http://mywiki.wooledge.org/Permissions
You can also do this via nautilus (the file browser). Just open your home directory in nautilus, right-click in the folder (not on any of the files), choose properties, then the permissions tab, and set the "Owner" permissions to "Create and delete files". "Group" and "Others" you set to "None".
750
instead of the default 755. Even more restrictive is 700, this prevents the group from reading/descending, but since you are the default group it does not add extra privacy. (I'm using umask=027 myself and 750 for ~
)
Mar 1, 2012 at 21:49