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Siapa aja wrote:
> 
> Just curious... will it effect any programs? It will just limit the
> access of doing ls and stuff to other users.
> Anything else I miss? Please explain :)

It's a directory, not a folder.  A folder is actually a
different (but related) concept.

And yes, the command

  chmod o-r /etc/

will cause problems with user applications.  A lot of default
configurations are stored in /etc that are read by non-root
programs as they start.

Furthermore, user-level libraries also read files in the
/etc/ directory.  Eg: /etc/protocols, /etc/resolv.conf

You should be able to make a fair few of the files in /etc/
have r--r----- permissions if you are concerned about
security and information leakage.  This shouldn't be done
too lightly: my experience with systems that do this is
that sysadms change to root whilst doing problem diagnosis,
with the usual nasty effects if a mistake is made or the
program under test misbehaves.

Cheers,
Glen
 
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