Date: Sun, 05 May 1996 15:43:58 +0100 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> To: jarekb@pap.waw.pl (Jaroslaw Bazydlo) Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dot.cshrc and weird umask value Message-ID: <7720.831307438@palmer.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 05 May 1996 12:45:46 %2B0200." <199605051045.MAA16372@cergowa.waw.pl>
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Jaroslaw Bazydlo wrote in message ID <199605051045.MAA16372@cergowa.waw.pl>: > Can anyone tell me why on FreeBSD (the same with BSD/OS) there is the umask > value 2 ???? This simply couses producing group writable files. Imagine the > person which created .forward file, anyone in his group can modify this to > reforward files or duplicate mails. My view is that sendmail/mail.local (or whatever checks ~/.forward) should check that the user is the only person who is able to write to the file before accepting it as a valid .forward, the same as we do for .rhosts. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD - Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info.
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