[ELDK] Permissions on /root directory keep ssh from working properly

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Phil,

In message <200811121255.55176.pterry at vmetro.com> you wrote:
>
> > > And they do but if /root is writable then you could delete/rename
> > > /root/.ssh and replace it with your own directory and files etc. A great
> > > big security hole and hence the directory containing .ssh must not be
> > > world writable.
> >
> > Permission 0775 is *not* world writable, though.
> 
> Sorry, sloppy use. As far as ssh is concerned group write access is anyone 
> writable as now we don't have keys incontrovertibly tied to a single user 
> identity anymore.

Frankly, I think you are splitting hairs here.

The /root directory in the ELDK is owned by user "root", group
"root". The group "root" has exactly one member: user "root".

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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