It looks like this change was introduced with the switch over to Live- Build from VMBuilder. From a quick review of the code, the chmod's don't happen anywhere near /etc.
Confirmed for both Precise and Oneiric. ** Changed in: ubuntu Importance: Undecided => High -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/956039 Title: ec2 images have /etc with group write To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/956039/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs