For old accounts, the default was to leave home directories at 755 (user:rwx group:r-x other:r-x), new folders at 755 (user:rwx group:r-x other:r-x), and new files at 644 (user:rw- group:r– other:r–). We have changed the default behavior for new students to:
If you would like to adopt the new behavior, please run the following commands. Note that it may take a while depending on the number of files in your home directory.
cd "${HOME}" find . -not -type l -not -path "./public_html*" -exec chmod g-rwx,o-rwx {} \; find . -type d -not -path "./public_html*" -exec setfacl -d -m u::rwx,g::-,o::- {} \; chmod o+x . chmod g+x .
Please note that if you are using your home directory to share things with other users, this will break that functionality. It may also break any complicated acls you may have set. Use at your own discretion.