RFC: Remove write permissions from executables

[Chris Adams]

Once upon a time, Miloslav TrmaÄ? <mitr at volny.cz> said:
> Chris Adams píše v Pá 22. 01. 2010 v 08:06 -0600: 
> > Once upon a time, Miloslav TrmaÄ? <mitr at volny.cz> said:
> > > We can extend the protection to all executables by a simple addition to
> > > redhat-rpm-config (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=556897 ).
> > > After applying this patch, executable files in all rebuilt packages
> > > would not be writeable, most often using mode 0555.
> > 
> > Please don't take away read permission without good reason.  I have on
> > many occasion grepped for strings in binaries (who touches a particular
> > config file for example).
> Just to clarify, the proposal is to remove the write permission.

I saw "0555" and thought "0111".  Sorry - my mistake.
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Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
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