On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 10:30:08AM +0400, Andrey Simonenko wrote: > > 0700 mode restricts other users from reading /root directory. > When root wants to upgrade system he/she run "make buildworld", > "make installworld". But installworld calls mtree, which changes > /root permissions to default value specified in the /etc/mtree/BSD.root.dist > file. So, if administrator will not forgot about needed permissions > on /root, then installworld will open /root directory for reading > for everybody. > > I propose not to change permissions on /root directory in > the /etc/mtree/BSD.root.dist file and leave them unchanged. > > Comments? There is a whole class of problems like this. For example, my installation of mutt doesn't work right if /var/mail is not mode 1777, but BSD.var.dist changes it to 755 every time I installworld. I think a more general solution might be in order. Perhaps some sort of local.dist that is processed after BSD.*.dist. As a workaround, I put "chmod 1777 /var/mail" in my rc.local script. I suggest you do something similar. -- Ben "An art scene of delight I created this to be ..." -- Sun Ra To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
