Bug#150557: gcc: can gcc default group and permissions be altered?

[Kurt Yoder <kybug@shcorp.com>]

Package: gcc
Version: 2:2.95.4-14
Severity: normal
Tags: security

In thinking of ways to lock down my system, I was looking at the
compiler permissions, etc. gcc is installed with owner root.root and
permissions 755. This allows anyone who is logged in to use it. Is it
possible to instead make a group "compiler" and change gcc to owner
root.compiler, permissions 750? Or perhaps this can be a debconf option
when installing gcc for people who are concerned about this issue?



-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux pc95 2.4.17-k7 #2 Sat Dec 22 22:03:49 EST 2001 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages gcc depends on:
ii  cpp                          2:2.95.4-14 The GNU C preprocessor.
ii  cpp-2.95                     1:2.95.4-7  The GNU C preprocessor.
ii  gcc-2.95                     1:2.95.4-7  The GNU C compiler.



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