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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

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