On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 02:21:06AM +0200, Tibor Pittich wrote:
> hm, why should be init scripts only root readable/executable by default?
> i think as chmouel that this is work for msec.
> readable startup script isn't much security risc, as you know, because
> there is many others things which must be completed if this may be
> prevent for starting unprivileged users.
> .. and there is many others files/dirs which may have strict
> permissions by default, such as /etc/hosts.[allow,deny], /etc/fstab,
> /etc/sysctl.conf (this one isn't handled in any msec level!), and
> other fundamental files and dirs, not only in 4 or 5 msec level..

Guys you're all missing my point.  I don't care if they're readable by
anyone else.  rpmlint should make sure that they are owned by the root
user and executable by that user.  That's all I really want.  Anything
more permissive is gravey and doesn't matter to what I'm getting at.

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