On 7 Sep 2000 at 08:39, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote about "Re: setting umask...":
> BR> I don't think we should make this per-list.
>
> What if I _don't_ want downloadable archives for a list? We still have to
> keep them so the digests and such can be built. So what do I do? If
> they're always created mode 644 then I would call that a security issue.
You're right.
> BR> BUT, if we are going to let them do it, then we should allow these OR
> BR> the numbers. Simple translation table does the job...
>
> Why? What on earth does that buy you, besides even more work for poor SRE?
Well, I should be able to set them group writeable, if I want. And I am
certainly interested in that.
The words keep it simple, but I don't think they should come at the
expense of functionality.
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Brock Rozen brozen@torah.org
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