On 7 Feb 2003, "Boyce, Nick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks - that was it. I now have a script /usr/local/bin/winbind, which > does > umask 000 > /etc/init.d/winbind $1 > umask 027 > and everything is working ok now - I can stop & restart winbind to my > heart's content without any problem (well no socket directory permissions > problems anyway ;-)
You would be better off -- and you would be helping us too -- if you would apply the patch and let us know if it works. (I'm pretty sure it will, but it's always worth testing.) That way, rather than a temporary workaround, there will be a proper fix for future releases. Thanks, > [ I'm afraid I always run with umask=027 ... it's a hangover from my > mainframe days ... I can't get away from the idea that you should grant only > the access that is needed ... "all files world-readable by default ?" ... > "Just Say No" ] That's fine, winbindd ought to work with that. -- Martin
