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Date:      29 Jun 1999 00:45:21 +0200
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
To:        Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca>
Cc:        Pierre Beyssac <beyssac@enst.fr>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>, Pierre Beyssac <pb@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/vipw pw_util.c vipw.c
Message-ID:  <xzpemiw0wse.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: Tim Vanderhoek's message of "Mon, 28 Jun 1999 14:57:07 -0400"
References:  <199906261215.FAA18022@freefall.freebsd.org> <xzpogi01e8n.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <19990628193311.A63701@enst.fr> <19990628145706.A5774@mad>

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Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca> writes:
> On Mon, Jun 28, 1999 at 07:33:11PM +0200, Pierre Beyssac wrote:
> > I disagree; the umask 077 is on purpose because we're dealing with
> > the password file, not just any random use of $EDITOR.
> > Given that many people have a root umask set to 022, it's much
> How much compassion do you actually have for those particular root
> admins, anyways?

It's the correct root umask. Try installing ports with your umask set
to 077.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no


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