GNU bug report logs - #62260
30.0.50; [PATCH] Restrict auto-save file mode

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Reported by: Manuel Giraud <manuel <at> ledu-giraud.fr>

Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2023 15:19:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Merged with 57395

Found in versions 28.1, 30.0.50

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From: Manuel Giraud <manuel <at> ledu-giraud.fr>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 62260 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#62260: 30.0.50; [PATCH] Restrict auto-save file mode
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2023 19:39:20 +0100

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

[...]

> That could make it impossible to overwrite the auto-save file later.
> So I don't think we should make this change.

I've tried it but I'm not able to come with such an example.  With this
patch, the auto-save file has always a mode of 0600 even for a file with
a mode of 0006 not own by me.
-- 
Manuel Giraud
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