Date: 07 Jan 2003 13:52:23 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> To: Mark <admin@asarian-host.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: security vulnerability in dump Message-ID: <44n0mc94ig.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <200301071835.H07IZMJ40741@asarian-host.net> References: <200301071548.H07FM0J93369@asarian-host.net> <20030107180013.D14422@slave.east.ath.cx> <200301071835.H07IZMJ40741@asarian-host.net>
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Mark <admin@asarian-host.net> writes: > There may be a lot more files one wishes not to be world-readable. :) And > excluding them all from the dump may not be the answer. Especially since it > would be very little trouble to adjust dump's code in such a way that it > writes chmod 600 to begin with. This is silly. Just set umask properly, and you'll be all set. This should not be something for individual programs (like dump) to worry about. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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