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prevent users from having access to alien home dirs #1855

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@varuzam varuzam commented Apr 9, 2019

it fixes this issue #969

the eventual result

~# ll /home/
drwx-----x. 3 test1 vstsecure    4.0K Apr  9 12:31 test1
drwx-----x. 5 test2 vstsecure    4.0K Apr  9 12:33 test2

The users test1 and test2 dont have access to dir of each

@varuzam varuzam changed the title prevent users to have access to alien home dirs prevent users from having access to alien home dirs Apr 11, 2019
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The idea is not bad in itself, but that's like building a 2 foot high fence to protect your treasure, as it would not stop the web process from having access to those alien directories.

I don't see a reason against it, but simply wanted to point out that it may give a false sense of security.

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