Bug 180837 - mail-filter/mimedefang-2.57: permissions of mimedefang-filter
Bug#: 180837 Product:  Gentoo Linux Version: unspecified Platform: All
OS/Version: Linux Status: RESOLVED Severity: trivial Priority: P2
Resolution: FIXED Assigned To: net-mail@gentoo.org Reported By: odi@odi.ch
Component: Ebuilds
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Summary: mail-filter/mimedefang-2.57: permissions of mimedefang-filter
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Status Whiteboard: 
Opened: 2007-06-04 11:58 0000
Description:   Opened: 2007-06-04 11:58 0000 
The permissions of /etc/mail/mimedefang-filter are set to 400 on install.
Should be 600. Read-only config files are a bit silly :-)

Reproducible: Always

------- Comment #1 From Ortwin Glueck 2007-06-04 12:50:50 0000 ------- 
May even need to be 644 as mimedefang does not run as root usually.

------- Comment #2 From Andrej Kacian (RETIRED) 2007-06-04 17:29:14 0000 ------- 
I sort of like stuff in /etc being read-only, for the added confirmation before
overwriting a file, but I agree that it's non-standard and it's up to everyone
to decide if they want this "protection". Fixed in CVS, thanks.