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Re: correct perms for logcheck config files?



On Sun, Aug 10, 2003 at 07:15:49PM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote:

> I think it is not helpful to restrict read permission on these files.
> Module local modifications, anyone can get a copy from the Debian archive,
> so their contents are not secret.  The same justification applies as for not
> restricting permissions on setuid executables, as documented in the policy
> manual.
> 
> I think the files should be 644, directories 755 (currently the directories
> are unreadable as well, which is quite inconvenient).

  This has come up before I believe, I will fix the permissions on the
 next upload - I'm restarting work on this at the moment, after losing
 all the pending changes I had a couple of weeks ago :(

Steve
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www.steve.org.uk



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