Re: Problem with special permissions of config file
racke@linuxia.de (Stefan Hornburg (Racke)) writes:
> Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> writes:
>
> > On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 08:14:52PM +0200, Stefan Hornburg (Racke) wrote:
> > >
> > > My package courier-authmysql has a configuration file where the
> > > password for the MySQL database can be stored. So I set this
> > > file to 600 in postinst. But dpkg put the backup file .dpkg-old
> > > in the same directory with 622 which seems a rather bad idea
> > > to me. Is there anything I can do about it ?
> > >
> > > It is a potato backport where this happened, I didn't try it
> > > out on sid.
> >
> > Set the perms in the package, so the file gets installed with the
> > correct perms. Don't set perms in postinst like this.
>
> You're right, this a packaging bug in the first place. But it would
> be more security-aware of dpkg to preserve the permissions. I thinking
> about filing a bug.
Seems to be a local problem, so no need to file a bug. Sorry.
Bye
Racke
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