Why is the default umask for root 022 in RHEL 7
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I noticed that root on our machines by default creates world-readable files, which I find unacceptable on servers with many users. My question is a simple one, but I can't seem to understand the logic behind Red Hat's decision to set the default value of umask for root (more precisely all UIDs < 200) to 022. Anyone who can answer this? Thank you
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I noticed that root on our machines by default creates world-readable files, which I find unacceptable on servers with many users. My question is a simple one, but I can't seem to understand the logic behind Red Hat's decision to set the default value of umask for root (more precisely all UIDs < 200) to 022. Anyone who can answer this? Thank you
linux redhat-enterprise-linux
asked Mar 4 at 11:05
Tomas HrubovcakTomas Hrubovcak
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I noticed that root on our machines by default creates world-readable files, which I find unacceptable on servers with many users. My question is a simple one, but I can't seem to understand the logic behind Red Hat's decision to set the default value of umask for root (more precisely all UIDs < 200) to 022. Anyone who can answer this? Thank you
linux redhat-enterprise-linux
asked Mar 4 at 11:05
Tomas HrubovcakTomas Hrubovcak
263
I noticed that root on our machines by default creates world-readable files, which I find unacceptable on servers with many users. My question is a simple one, but I can't seem to understand the logic behind Red Hat's decision to set the default value of umask for root (more precisely all UIDs < 200) to 022. Anyone who can answer this? Thank you
linux redhat-enterprise-linux
linux redhat-enterprise-linux
asked Mar 4 at 11:05
Tomas HrubovcakTomas Hrubovcak
263
asked Mar 4 at 11:05
Tomas HrubovcakTomas Hrubovcak
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asked Mar 4 at 11:05
Tomas HrubovcakTomas Hrubovcak
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asked Mar 4 at 11:05
Tomas HrubovcakTomas Hrubovcak
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asked Mar 4 at 11:05
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A possible answer is logs. Going root just to read logs would be a pain. I of crouse assume that RHEL main usage is servers where the few human users just log in for administration.
answered Mar 4 at 12:48
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that does make sense. I'd be interested in other opinions/facts that I'm apparently missing
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A possible answer is logs. Going root just to read logs would be a pain. I of crouse assume that RHEL main usage is servers where the few human users just log in for administration.
answered Mar 4 at 12:48
xenoidxenoid
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that does make sense. I'd be interested in other opinions/facts that I'm apparently missing
– Tomas Hrubovcak
Mar 5 at 10:01
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A possible answer is logs. Going root just to read logs would be a pain. I of crouse assume that RHEL main usage is servers where the few human users just log in for administration.
answered Mar 4 at 12:48
xenoidxenoid
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that does make sense. I'd be interested in other opinions/facts that I'm apparently missing
– Tomas Hrubovcak
Mar 5 at 10:01
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A possible answer is logs. Going root just to read logs would be a pain. I of crouse assume that RHEL main usage is servers where the few human users just log in for administration.
answered Mar 4 at 12:48
xenoidxenoid
3,9673719
A possible answer is logs. Going root just to read logs would be a pain. I of crouse assume that RHEL main usage is servers where the few human users just log in for administration.
answered Mar 4 at 12:48
xenoidxenoid
3,9673719
answered Mar 4 at 12:48
xenoidxenoid
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answered Mar 4 at 12:48
xenoidxenoid
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answered Mar 4 at 12:48
xenoidxenoid
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that does make sense. I'd be interested in other opinions/facts that I'm apparently missing
– Tomas Hrubovcak
Mar 5 at 10:01
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that does make sense. I'd be interested in other opinions/facts that I'm apparently missing
– Tomas Hrubovcak
Mar 5 at 10:01
that does make sense. I'd be interested in other opinions/facts that I'm apparently missing
– Tomas Hrubovcak
Mar 5 at 10:01
that does make sense. I'd be interested in other opinions/facts that I'm apparently missing
– Tomas Hrubovcak
Mar 5 at 10:01
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