Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 21:40:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: conf/7908: wrong perms on objformat after upgrade Message-ID: <199809130440.VAA27659@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/7908; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: conf/7908: wrong perms on objformat after upgrade Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 14:33:17 +1000 > > 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. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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