| From: | The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | "Vadim B(dot) Mikheev" <vadim(at)sable(dot)krasnoyarsk(dot)su>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] mode of libs |
| Date: | 1998-02-26 21:43:40 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.BSF.3.96.980226174259.230J-100000@thelab.hub.org |
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On Wed, 25 Feb 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Now there is a bigger problem. pg_pwd is mode rw-rw-rw- because a COPY
> is used to create it. Any ideas how to fix this? Copy sets the
> permissions to this before it creates the file. It temporarily changes
> the umask to create the file. If pg_pwd ever has data in it and it is
> world-readable, it is unsecure.
>
> Anyone have a brilliant idea on a fix?
Why, again, is COPY creating files 666? 600, IMHO, sounds more
appropriate, but I imagine there has to be a reason why it is 666...
Marc G. Fournier
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy(at)hub(dot)org secondary: scrappy(at){freebsd|postgresql}.org
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