On Friday, 27 July 2007, at 16:46:43 (-0400), Jeff Johnson wrote: > But 0022 is the default setting, certainly choosing the uglix > standard default is the least surprising choice that meets the > largest number of expectations.
On systems that use UPG, 0002 is the default. And last time I used AIX, 0000 was the default. It just seems to me that the permissions in the RPM should be honored exactly 100% as they're stored, even if that means world write permissions (such as in 1777 directories like /tmp). Michael -- Michael Jennings (a.k.a. KainX) http://www.kainx.org/ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux Server/Cluster Admin, LBL.gov Author, Eterm (www.eterm.org) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "I've been looking for a Savior in these dirty streets, Looking for a Savior beneath these dirty sheets." -- Tori Amos, "Crucify" ______________________________________________________________________ RPM Package Manager http://rpm5.org Developer Communication List rpm-devel@rpm5.org