Re: [Pan-users] ANN: Pan 0.121 "Dortmunder"

[Darren Albers]

Robert Marshall wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Jan 2007, Charles Kerr wrote:
>
>   
>> January 22, 2007 - Pan 0.121: "Dortmunder"
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>
> I've just added a newsserver that requires authentication and I see that
> the password is stored in clear text (preferences.xml) in a file with world
> read access in a directory that has also open access.
>
> I've removed read access from all but me but shouldn't this be the default?
>
> Robert
>   

What are your home directories permissions?  If you run Ubuntu for some
reason they have all home directories as world readable...