Bug#167422: files in /usr/share should be world-readable

2002-11-10 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 09:15:09PM -0500, James R. Van Zandt wrote: > However, I think substituting > > LOG=`tempfile -m 644` > > would introduce a security bug. How? Surely tempfile still creates the file securely, even when the mode is other than 600? Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Bug#167422: general: files in /usr/share should be world-readable

2002-11-10 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Robert Bihlmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) writes: > > > This is incorrect. /usr/share is intended to be shared between > > cooperating systems, but cooperating systems' root users might well > > have secrets that they want to conveniently share. > >

Bug#167422: general: files in /usr/share should be world-readable

2002-11-10 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) writes: > This is incorrect. /usr/share is intended to be shared between > cooperating systems, but cooperating systems' root users might well > have secrets that they want to conveniently share. /usr/share is not appropriate for that, as it is the OS's p