Date: Mon, 1 Jul 1996 09:02:42 +0200 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com (Rodney W. Grimes) Cc: joerg@freefall.freebsd.org, CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-usrbin@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/ktrace ktrace.c Message-ID: <199607010702.JAA09785@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199606301515.IAA19104@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> from "Rodney W. Grimes" at "Jun 30, 96 08:15:15 am"
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As Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > Do always create ktrace.out with mode 0600, to prevent it from > > accidentally compromising information confidential to the user running > > ktrace. > > > > Revision Changes Path > > 1.5 +4 -1 src/usr.bin/ktrace/ktrace.c > > Ahh... there is already a command to protect the user from such foolishness, > the statement above could be applied to _any_ command. > > umask 077 if you are working with sensitive data. That's exactly what i'm doing. Anyway, there's no need that ktrace.out is readable by anyone else. It's about in the same category as core files, and those are also being created as 0600. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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