Bug#1659:
On Wed, 10 Apr 1996, Marek Michalkiewicz wrote:
> > getty now sets the tty permissions 600 when it's running. That solves
> > the problem of MAKEDEV creating the permissions 622 and 666 for tty and
> > and ttyS, respectively.
>
> Thanks, but I still think MAKEDEV should be fixed, too. Maybe I am
> just a little bit too paranoid, but not all ports may have getty running
> on it, there may be some special hardware connected which I don't want
> to give all users access to.
>
> I think it is easier to notice and fix something that doesn't work
> because permissions are restrictive, than to notice a security problem
> because permissions are set to make things "easy to use" (666). For
> example, I have a UPS connected to the serial port (using genpower),
> and I don't want users to be able to shut it down. This is the reason
> why I think that permissions should be more restrictive by default.
> No big problem if I remember to fix them, but if I forget about it...
OK, I'll reopen this bug and reassign it to base. MAKEDEV now lives in
the base package. Bruce can make the decision on what to do.
Guy
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