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Old 14th May 2010, 07:11 PM
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Default file permissions in /boot

Does anyone know why files in /boot are world-readable (particularly the initial ram disk)? I'm not an expert, but I would not expect anyone except root or a sudoer to have the ability to read these files. Thanks for the clarification.
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