Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2012 10:30:59 +0100 From: Chris Rees <crees@FreeBSD.org> To: Benjamin <byu17@uclive.ac.nz> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Port installs a lot of security risks. Message-ID: <CADLo83_r8-=rm-MdYkhSMpHH_7uFFN9YE=7JmxoVDjFNMQPK=w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4FF94DA3.4010605@uclive.ac.nz> References: <4FF949E8.6050606@uclive.ac.nz> <4FF94DA3.4010605@uclive.ac.nz>
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On 8 July 2012 10:06, Benjamin <byu17@uclive.ac.nz> wrote: > hmmm, I searched for the warning - it doesn't seem common (according to > google). I assume this is bad. >> >> "This port has installed the following world-writable files/directories." >> >> What does this message mean? > It means that some of the files that it has installed are permission ugo+w. This may or may not be a problem-- would you care if any random user edited these? I mean ANY user! Chris
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