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Re: [Xen-devel] [OSSTEST PATCH] MaxUmask: enforce a maximum umask value



On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 12:10:38PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> On some operating systems, the default umask is not 002 as it should
> be (for the sensible setup with personal groups).
> 
> If a user with an 022 or 077 umask invokes osstest in Executive mode,
> they end up creating directories in $c{Logs} which are writeable only
> by them, and that can stop the whole system because the service user
> cannot expire them.
> 
> Prevent this from happening.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>

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