# PBS\_HOME permissions

**URL:** <https://community.openpbs.org/t/pbs-home-permissions/4069>\
**Category:** Users/Site Administrators\
**Created:** [January 23, 2025, 10:33am UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/pbs-home-permissions/4069 "2025-01-23T10:33:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![boboshaq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@boboshaq](https://community.openpbs.org/u/boboshaq)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 10:33am UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/pbs-home-permissions/4069/1 "2025-01-23T10:33:32Z")

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Hello!  
What permissions should the PBS\_HOME directory have? Can I revoke all permissions for others (Linux)?  
Regards!

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**Author:** ![adarsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f07891/32.png) [@adarsh](https://community.openpbs.org/u/adarsh)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/pbs-home-permissions/4069/2 "2025-01-23T18:17:16Z")

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> [@boboshaq](#):
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> What permissions should the PBS\_HOME directory have?

drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 Jan 21 08:29 pbs

ls -ltr /var/spool/pbs  
total 48  
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 19 Jan 2 2024 pbs\_environment  
drwx------ 2 root root 6 Jan 2 2024 checkpoint  
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 56 Jan 2 2024 pgsql.forupgrade.pre.2024.1.0.20240130071604  
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 24 Mar 2 2024 pbs\_version  
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 23 Aug 8 14:31 undelivered  
drwxr-x–x 4 root root 61 Jan 22 19:54 mom\_priv  
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 23 07:22 server\_logs  
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 23 07:22 sched\_logs  
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 23 08:07 comm\_logs  
drwx------ 20 pbsdata root 4096 Jan 23 10:48 datastore  
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 23 12:36 mom\_logs  
drwxr-x— 7 root root 4096 Jan 23 14:30 server\_priv  
drwxr-x— 2 root root 121 Jan 23 14:31 sched\_priv  
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 12288 Jan 23 15:06 spool  
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 6 Jan 23 15:06 aux

> [@boboshaq](#):
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> Can I revoke all permissions for others (Linux)?

Better to keep the permissions as it.  
Any reason to revoke the permission for other users ?  
Any changes to directory might have issues with the stability.

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**Author:** ![boboshaq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@boboshaq](https://community.openpbs.org/u/boboshaq)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 10:21am UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/pbs-home-permissions/4069/3 "2025-01-24T10:21:19Z")

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Thanks!

> [@adarsh](#):
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> Any reason to revoke the permission for other users ?

I was wondering if I had them set correctly for security reasons.