On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 10:40:38AM -0500, Roderick Schertler wrote: > On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:55:58 +0100, Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Still no response from Upstream. Just a hunch: Does it help to set > > umask 022 in the init script? > > I haven't actually tested it, but I shouldn't think so. That's the mask > that's already set when the init script is run. Plus, Exim sets it to 0 > on purpose (exim.c line 1438): > > /* Set the umask to zero so that any files that Exim creates are created > with the modes that it specifies. */ > > umask(0); > > then creates the files with fopen(), so they get 0666 & 0 == 0666 > (demime.c line 259 plus other places): > > *f = fopen(CS file_name,"wb+");
Ouch. That sounds, however, reasonably easy fixable. I do not have too much clue, but would it be enough to do something like mode_t umask_save; umask_save=umask(077); fopen(); umask(umask_save); for all fopen calls found in demime.c? Greetins Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
