Package: squashfs-tools Version: 1:3.3-3 Severity: normal File: /usr/bin/mksquashfs
The mode of teh generated squashfs image is always 700 ignoring umask. In the man page I do not see any option to change this. This makes the image unreadable to any server should it be read by the booting system over network. It might slightly improve security in some cases but people relying on the file mode for security should set it themselves, for example through the standard way of setting umask appropriately. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.23.3-src (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages squashfs-tools depends on: ii libc6 2.7-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgcc1 1:4.3.0~rc2-1 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.3.0~rc2-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-11 compression library - runtime squashfs-tools recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
