We are installing Redhat 7.1 SGI XFS 1.01 on various machines. We have
noticed that there are quite a few system files with wide open permissions.
[root@lightning muno]# find / -mount -perm 666 -exec ls -l {} \; | grep -v
games | grep -v dev
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 68 Aug 30 13:39
/var/lib/pgsql/.bash_profile
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 670 Sep 26 10:06 /var/lib/texmf/ls-R
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 21815 Aug 30 13:46 /var/log/XFree86.9.log
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Aug 30 13:39 /var/ftp/etc/ld.so.conf
srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Sep 26 16:27 /tmp/.gdm_socket
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 53 Aug 30 13:45 /etc/sysconfig/i18n
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 89 Aug 30 13:45 /etc/sysconfig/mouse
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 32 Aug 30 13:45 /etc/sysconfig/keyboard
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 66 Aug 30 13:45 /etc/sysconfig/network
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 42 Aug 30 13:45 /etc/sysconfig/clock
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 11 Aug 30 13:45 /etc/sysconfig/desktop
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 2724 Aug 30 13:45 /etc/sysconfig/hwconf
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 14559 Aug 30 13:46 /etc/X11/XF86Config
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1842 Aug 30 13:46 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 16351 Aug 30 13:45 /etc/X11/XF86Config.old
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 3740 Aug 30 13:45
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4.old
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 114 Aug 30 13:43 /etc/ld.so.conf
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 84 Aug 30 13:45 /etc/shells
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 984 Aug 30 13:39 /etc/syslog.conf
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1756 Aug 30 13:46 /etc/inittab
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1199 Aug 30 13:39 /etc/rndc.conf
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 81 Sep 26 16:23 /etc/resolv.conf
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 221 Aug 30 13:39
/etc/sgml/sgml-docbook-3.0.cat
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 194 Aug 30 13:41 /etc/sgml/catalog
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 221 Aug 30 13:39
/etc/sgml/sgml-docbook-3.1.cat
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 221 Aug 30 13:39
/etc/sgml/sgml-docbook-4.0.cat
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 221 Aug 30 13:39
/etc/sgml/sgml-docbook-4.1.cat
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 220 Aug 30 13:41
/etc/sgml/xml-docbook-4.1.cat
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 2564 Aug 30 13:43
/etc/pango/pango.modules-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 104 Aug 30 13:45
/etc/modules.conf~
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 543 Sep 17 12:43 /etc/fstab
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 148 Sep 27 14:40 /etc/hosts
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 380 Aug 30 13:40
/usr/share/doc/libtool-1.3.5/demo/config.h.in
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 2 Aug 30 13:44
/usr/share/fonts/default/TrueType/fonts.dir
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1436 Aug 30 13:44
/usr/share/fonts/default/TrueType/fonts.scale
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 21853 Aug 30 13:38
/usr/share/fonts/fontmap-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 10638 Aug 30 13:40
/usr/share/texmf/web2c/jadetex.log
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 10599 Aug 30 13:40
/usr/share/texmf/web2c/pdfjadetex.log
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1806912 Aug 30 13:40
/usr/share/texmf/web2c/jadetex.fmt
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1849935 Aug 30 13:40
/usr/share/texmf/web2c/pdfjadetex.fmt
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This is not an issue with Redhat 7.1 directly. It does not exhibit this
behavior. I opened a bug report with Redhat and they said it is an issue
with the SGI installer.
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Ray Muno http://www.aem.umn.edu/people/staff/muno
University of Minnesota e-mail: muno@xxxxxxxxxxx
Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics Phone: (612) 625-9531
110 Union St. S.E. FAX: (612) 626-1558
Minneapolis, Mn 55455
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