Date: 13 Sep 1998 11:59:21 +0200 From: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Co=EFdan?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= ) To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: conf/7908: wrong perms on objformat after upgrade Message-ID: <xzpr9xgxrie.fsf@hrotti.ifi.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Bruce Evans's message of "Sun, 13 Sep 1998 14:33:17 %2B1000" References: <199809130433.OAA05842@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> writes: > > > the permissions on /etc/objformat. I installed it as root with an > > > umask of 077 and the file got the permissions 0600. > > Don't Do That, Then. I learned the hard way never to set root's umask > > to anything stricter than 022. Unless you always remember to set the > > umask right at the right time, anything you install (including, but > > not limited to, /etc/objformat) is installed wrong. > Nonsense. Everything installed properly (using install(1)) is installed > right. XFree86 comes to mind. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - dag-erli@ifi.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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