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Re: File Permissions - Yet Another Question / Clarification


Andrey,

>> In the particular case of SSH, is there any way to make SSH ignore
>> these permissions?

> Thanks, I laughed.

Thanks for the less-than-helpful response.  A "no" would have sufficed
if that is indeed the case.

>> and obviously
>> causing us pain given the permission weirdness.  Removing the
>> administrative groups would be undesirable for us since they assist in
>> our administrative team doing home directory moves across sites.

> Administrators can access anything they want regardless of permissions, if
> they really need to do it.
> This is not a valid argument.

In the real world in large corporations with focus on security,
"Administrators" is typically a tiered or least privilege arrangement.
All administrators are not created equally.

Thanks,

Bryan

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