time to fix silly ssh bug

Neal Becker ndbecker2 at gmail.com
Tue Jun 19 13:47:31 UTC 2012


Bryn M. Reeves wrote:

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> On 06/19/2012 02:01 PM, Neal Becker wrote:
>> This is rediculous.  I liked the idea of 775 when it was
>> introduced, since it did solve an annoyance with the old unix
>> groups.  But then we should make the default fedora install work by
>> setting the sshd config to allow it to accept this setup.
> 
> I think it would be better to ensure the directory is created with the
> correct permissions.
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> The administrator already has control of the StrictModes setting if
> they want to relax this restriction.
> 
> Regards,
> Bryn.
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The issue is the admin is likely some poor newb installing fedora on his home 
computer.  I argue the reverse - the knowlegable unix hack can change it to make 
it stricter.



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