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Date:      Fri, 6 Aug 1999 17:45:27 +0100
From:      Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net>
To:        Brian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.org.uk>
Cc:        alk@pobox.com, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: group bits
Message-ID:  <19990806174527.D59532@pavilion.net>
In-Reply-To: <199908061154.MAA01988@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org>; from Brian Somers on Fri, Aug 06, 1999 at 12:54:38PM %2B0100
References:  <14250.50016.61650.779505@avalon.east> <199908061154.MAA01988@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org>

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On Fri, Aug 06, 1999 at 12:54:38PM +0100, Brian Somers wrote:
> 
> I guess you're right.  The check is really to ensure that somebody 
> hasn't got the permissions screwed up.  This is now far less likely 
> now that a base ppp.conf is installed 600 by sysinstall.
> 
> Feel free to raise the PR.  A set of patches to check the ``other'' 
> permissions on /etc, /etc/ppp & /etc/ppp/ppp.conf would be nice too 
> :-)
> 

I'll keep my eyes open for the PR and DTRT with it.

Joe
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