[Slackbuilds-users] Problems with system permissions getting changed

Robby Workman rworkman at slackbuilds.org
Mon Oct 15 23:37:18 UTC 2007


John Ingersoll wrote:
>  
> root => 0027
> user => 0027
> My mistake (note to self: change umask before install)
> I got on this 'system hardening' kick a while back and keep getting
> burned by it. Many thanks.


It's not during the *install* that it matters - it's during the actual
package creation.
umask for root really needs to stay 0022, to be honest - I can't think
of a valid reason to change it.

-RW




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