why are there so many world readable files?

[Saqib Ali]

> i was just wondering. why are there so many world readable files
> throughout the linux os? shouldn't a directory like /etc not be readable
> by the world?

As long as the /etc/shadow file is not world-readable ;) , I dont see a
problem with having these file world-readable.

Saqib Ali
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