passwd & permissions

[Peter Pentchev]

On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 11:41:13AM -0600, H. S. wrote:
[snip]
> Since pw is not setuid, if it can't read any of the passwd files, it will
> not print the full userlist. I have very customized (and tested, over the
> years) permissions on the whole filesystem. That is why I wanted to find
> out why some permissions get back to system defaults whenever I install a
> port. The most proeminent cases are /usr/local/sbin/ (gets back to rwx rx
> rx) and /usr/local/www (rwx rx rx and chgrp wheel, I have a different
> group owning the directory).
> 
> Any idea about what to fix in order to make the system stop resetting my
> permissions when I install ports ?

The mtree(8) file for the /usr/local hierarchy, found in
/etc/mtree/BSD.local.dist

G'luck,
Peter

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