GNU bug report logs - #22650
umask is 0000 when logging in over SSH (with lshd running)

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From: myglc2 <myglc2 <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22650: guixSD default umask is 0000
Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 21:25:59 -0500

ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:

> myglc2 <myglc2 <at> gmail.com> skribis:
>
>> glc <at> g1 ~$ ssh glc4 <at> g1
>> glc4 <at> g1's password: 
>> glc4 <at> g1 ~$ umask
>> 0000
>
> Oh indeed, I can reproduce it.
>
> The problem is that lshd resets the umask when it starts (in
> src/daemon.c:daemon_init) but never changes it again.
>
> Perhaps we should be using pam_umask and login.defs (although I’m unsure
> if lshd would honor it), or alternately add explicitly set the umask in
> /etc/profile.
>
> Thoughts?

Thanks for looking into this. Sorry, but I'm not qualified to comment. 

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