passwd & permissions

[H. S.]

Hey,

#define PERM_INSECURE   (S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR|S_IRGRP|S_IROTH)
#define PERM_SECURE     (S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR)

Thanks, removing S_IROTH worked :-)

While we're at it, what is the cause for the system changing permissions
when I install a port ? (ie /usr/local/sbin and /usr/local/www) As I've
said in my previous mail, changing the mtree/ files to reflect my desired
permissions sounded logical, but either I failed some step or it isn't the
way to go.

> On Sun, Mar 20, 2005 at 01:26:57PM -0600, H. S. wrote:
>> I'm using FreeBSD on various servers for many time now, and there is
>> something that always bothered me. It is related to /etc/passwd and
>> /etc/pwd.db permissions.
>>
>> I have custom (0640) permissions on these files. However, each time a
>> user
>> changes his/her password, the system will reset the password file
>> permissions back to the original (rw r r).
>
> I think these files would be rebuilt by the pwd_mkdb utility. You
> should be able to change it to rebuild the files with different
> permissions. See the PERM_INSECURE and PERM_SECURE constant pwd_mkdb.c.
>
> (I'm not really sure about the wisdom of making passwd and pwd.db
> have permissions 640, but I guess you know your system best.)
>
> 	David.
>