Re: Bug#3063: sudo executable not readable?
Rob Leslie writes:
>
> Package: sudo
> Version: 1.4.2-1
>
> deimos:~:[47]# ls -l =sudo =visudo
> ---s--x--x 1 root root 37996 Apr 17 07:44 /usr/bin/sudo
> ---x--x--x 1 root root 21900 Apr 17 07:44 /usr/sbin/visudo
>
> Is there a compelling reason not to give these files mode 4755 and 755
> (respectively) as the packaging guidelines suggest?
Thinking about it one more time I wonder why the program should have mode
4755, except that this is what the packaging guidelines suggest. Personally
I'd like to have noone read it (call me paranoid :-)). Any opinions?
BTW 4111 is the standard mode of the standard sudo distribution.
Michael
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