From owner-freebsd-arch Sun May 19 0:45:18 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from sccrmhc01.attbi.com (sccrmhc01.attbi.com [204.127.202.61]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFFFC37B403 for ; Sun, 19 May 2002 00:45:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from blossom.cjclark.org ([12.234.91.48]) by sccrmhc01.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20020519074513.UMRP8004.sccrmhc01.attbi.com@blossom.cjclark.org>; Sun, 19 May 2002 07:45:13 +0000 Received: (from cjc@localhost) by blossom.cjclark.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g4J7jCh76189; Sun, 19 May 2002 00:45:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from crist.clark@attbi.com) X-Authentication-Warning: blossom.cjclark.org: cjc set sender to crist.clark@attbi.com using -f Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 00:45:12 -0700 From: "Crist J. Clark" To: Brian Somers Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Restricting umasks in periodic scripts Message-ID: <20020519004512.C67779@blossom.cjclark.org> Reply-To: "Crist J. Clark" References: <200205171420.g4HEKSWs093218@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200205171420.g4HEKSWs093218@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>; from brian@Awfulhak.org on Fri, May 17, 2002 at 03:20:28PM +0100 X-URL: http://people.freebsd.org/~cjc/ Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 03:20:28PM +0100, Brian Somers wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to poll arch for opinions on the attached patch. Whilst > I believe I've plugged all of the existing umask-type problems in > -current (soon to be MFC'd re@ willing), it's usually better to be > safe. Personally, I don't like. I'd rather not have to use root to review {mount,dmesg}.{to,yester}day for example, and there is no reason to try to hide the information they contain. But I understand why some files should default to no world or group read permissions. Maybe customizing this is something we can work into the NetBSD-style startup? :) As for -STABLE, I haven't really heard any complaints? Might be a bit late to change the status quo before 4.6-RELEASE. -- Crist J. Clark | cjclark@alum.mit.edu | cjclark@jhu.edu http://people.freebsd.org/~cjc/ | cjc@freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message