Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 10:46:52 -0500 (EST) From: Brian Tao <taob@io.org> To: James FitzGibbon <james@else.net> Cc: FREEBSD-SECURITY-L <freebsd-security@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Temporary passwd files in /etc? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960216104352.24676C-100000@zip.io.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960215202232.30726B-100000@else.net>
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On Thu, 15 Feb 1996, James FitzGibbon wrote:
>
> I didn't see an answer to this in the list, but they are created by
> chpass/vipw type utilities. I've never seen one get mode 666 though.
We tracked it down a while ago. We have a perl script that
massages password files, pretending to be the "editor" that vipw
calls. The umask in the perl script was set incorrectly.
--
Brian Tao (BT300, taob@io.org)
Systems Administrator, Internex Online Inc.
"Though this be madness, yet there is method in't"
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