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Matrix Mole wrote:
>
> Something I just discovered today. The default user 
> account (ie not root) has no write permission to even 
> it's own home directory. This seems to be a bad thing. 

It's a bug.  Just delete that account (userdel) and make 
a new one (adduser).  Or, if you haven't installed the 
shadow.tgz package, you can fix the bug by correcting 
the ownership of /home/user:
---------------------
chown user /home/user
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BTW that command must be executed by root.

> I'm going to have this system operating headless, and you 
> can't telnet or ftp in as root, 

You can, if you want.  However, if security is an issue, it is 
much better to use a non-root account.  For proper management
and security of non-root accounts, I recommend you install the 
shadow.tgz package.

Cheers,
Steven