Re: [idea] chmod 0 file secrets

On 2026-08-10, broke <[email protected]> wrote:
> I was thinking whether or not you really need encrypted secrets in a file
> when you could possibly just use 'chmod 0' to hide it and view it using
> doas. any app with user USER won't be able to access without doas password
> and all I need to do is have a good user password.
>
> Tell me if I am wrong though, just a thought.

$ echo test > f
$ chmod 000 f
$ cat f
cat: f: Permission denied
$ chmod 644 f
$ cat f
test