GNU bug report logs - #3712
23.1.50; SECURITY: Tramp creates -rwxrwxrwx permission files with /su and /sudo method

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Message #24 received at 3712 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Teemu Likonen <tlikonen <at> iki.fi>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: 3712 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#3712: 23.1.50; SECURITY: Tramp creates -rwxrwxrwx permission files with /su and /sudo method
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:01:21 +0300

On 2009-06-29 23:15 (+0200), Michael Albinus wrote:

>> On 2009-06-29 18:16 (+0300), Teemu Likonen wrote:
>>> When method /su: or /sudo: is used to _create_ a file the file's
>>> permission will be set to -rwxrwxrwx (777), [...]
>
> I've committed a fix, to both the trunk and the 23.1 branch.

Thanks. Otherwise OK but I don't like the fact that it gives executable
bits (-rwxr-xr-x) by default. Normal behavior for new files is to drop
umask bits _and_ executable bits. Executable must be added explicitly.

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