How can I prevent other users from seeing the contents of my home directory?
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I have a box with multiple users on it and I want everyone to be able to have full access to their home folders, but not be able to see the contents of /home/ or another user's home folder (I.E. bob has full access to /home/bob but cannot access or even see the contents of /home/john) Right now use…
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Change the permissions of the Home folder... You need to modify the Home folder's permissions using either: chmod the 'File Permissions' dialog (Nautilus Only) for chmod Open a terminal in the home folder and chmod the permissions for the 'File Perm…
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