[scjessey]

Quote:have (read) access to all of your files

So I was partly right then? You would still need a password to actually edit the files, correct?

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[deansfurniture5]

Yes. unless the file is chmoded to allow group members to write. (wiki entry on CHMOD)

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[sliesel]

thank you guys soo soo much! so just chmod all the things i want to keep to myself and away from anyone in my group so that they can't be read, written or executed in. thanks!

[rlparker]

Quote:Hey, man, don't ask, don't tell.

...that system never works . If there is one thing I have learned in working a a security professional for 25 years it is the "security by obscurity" offers no degree of security at all!

--rlparker

[wholly]

Top Two:

1. Connected to a network
2. Shared

(OK, you might be able to fight that "shared" isn't #2 but it certainly doesn't help. Too many cooks spoil the broth.)

Wholly

[Toord]

That's no longer true. It used to be the case that users in the same server could *see* other users' files but not read/write them. Now, at least in the boxen I'm hosted on you cannot ls the contents of any directory that is not owned by the user.