just one last question about /etc/rc.d file permissions

[Jeremy Chadwick]

On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 12:13:19AM -0700, Rob Lytle wrote:
> Hi Jeremy,
> 
> I noticed that most all of the files in my old /etc/rc.d had 555
> permissions.  There were 4 or 5 that had 644 permissions in my old
> /etc/rc.d.  What I am wondering is if all the files in rc.d should be
> 555?  So far I am not experiencing any problems with anything with a
> very few 644 files.

Yes, they all should be.  On our RELENG_6 and RELENG_7 systems they are.

I wonder if part of the problem is that your umask was set oddly before
running mergemaster, or possibly even when doing your csup.  It should
be 022.

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