Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:27:36 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Mark <admin@asarian-host.net> Cc: 'FreeBSD-Questions Questions' <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Suppressing permissions reset Message-ID: <4464ivo6uv.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <200606200103.k5K13pEI017488@asarian-host.net> (Mark's message of "Tue, 20 Jun 2006 01:03:52 GMT") References: <200606200103.k5K13pEI017488@asarian-host.net>
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Mark <admin@asarian-host.net> writes: > When doing a "make buildkernel" and "make installkernel" on FreeBSD > 4.11-RELEASE (on a Vmware box), I noticed the Makefile in /usr/src/etc, > for one, tries to reset permissions on files taken from a series of *.dist > files. I find such initiative a bit too forward for my taste. Is there a > way I can suppress said behavior? Like a Makefile parameter or something. Not really. > And would zero-ing out the *.dist files do the trick? Yes. I would recommend against doing that, though; it's a great protection against shooting your security in the foot. Just decide what you want the permissions to be, and adjust the mtree(8) specifications (those .dist files) accordingly.
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