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Re: [opensuse-offtopic] Re: [opensuse] how to give files group rw permissions
- From: Dirk Gently <dirk.gently00@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:55:41 -0500
- Message-id: <4F3AF47D.4010502@gmail.com>
Patrick Shanahan wrote:
the umask command applies to all files from the point that
it is rune.
Putting it in /etc/profile or /etc/bash.rc, for the creation of
a single directory, would be, as they say, "wrong and stupid"
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* Dirk Gently<dirk.gently00@xxxxxxxxx> [02-14-12 18:24]:
Because when you use that same distro OUTSIDE of those two niches,
you have a major security hole.
defaulting to rw-r--r-- much safer then rwxrwxr-x, the latter being an
invitation for things to go wrong....very wrong.
For example, any legitimate user in group "user" being allowed to overwrite,
remove, etc. files owned by anyone else in group "user".
The default umask is what it is based on 4 DECADES of experience, far beyond
your small little single-user niche usage.
You haven't paid attention. The folder is a means to synchronize files
between a group, read that as a group, of users. Lookup "dropbox".
the umask command applies to all files from the point that
it is rune.
Putting it in /etc/profile or /etc/bash.rc, for the creation of
a single directory, would be, as they say, "wrong and stupid"
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