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and subject line Bug#1076308: fixed in wtmpdb 0.74.0-2
has caused the Debian Bug report #1076308,
regarding wtmpdb: wtmp.db created with wrong mode with system-wide umask 077
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Package: wtmpdb
Version: 0.12.0-2
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
Dear Maintainer,
wtmpdb respects the system-wide umask when creating
/var/lib/wtmpdb/wtmp.db. This is inappropriate when the system-wide
umask is 077 or something similarly restrictive, as wtmp.db can no
longer be read by others (e.g., GNU screen). The problem occurs if the
system-wide umask is configured during installation (before wtmp.db is
created) or if wtmp.db is removed at any point after the system-wide
umask has been configured.
One solution would be to create wtmp.db as part of the wtmpdb package
postinst. From my testing, I think just touching an empty file with the
proper permissions would suffice.
Another solution would be for wtmpdb to explicitly set the mode of
wtmp.db to 644 every time the database file is created. I'm not sure
whether it should occur if wtmp.db is an existing empty file.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.9.8-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages wtmpdb depends on:
ii libaudit1 1:3.1.2-4
ii libc6 2.38-14
ii libsystemd0 256.2-1
ii libwtmpdb0 0.12.0-2
Versions of packages wtmpdb recommends:
ii libpam-wtmpdb 0.12.0-2
wtmpdb suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: wtmpdb
Source-Version: 0.74.0-2
Done: Andrew Bower <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
wtmpdb, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Andrew Bower <[email protected]> (supplier of updated wtmpdb package)
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Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2025 09:50:10 +0100
Source: wtmpdb
Architecture: source
Version: 0.74.0-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Andrew Bower <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Andrew Bower <[email protected]>
Closes: 1076308 1094965
Changes:
wtmpdb (0.74.0-2) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* Upload to unstable.
* Refresh updated empty file handling patch
* Remove leftover /etc/cron.monthly/wtmpdb
* Improve README.Debian for pre-wtmpdb upgrades
.
wtmpdb (0.74.0-1) experimental; urgency=medium
.
* New upstream version
- drop patch applied upstream
* Rotate logs annually with logrotate (Closes: #1094965)
- apply patch to handle empty database file benignly
- make rotated files receive same permissions (Closes: #1076308)
* Remove database and rotated logs on purge per policy 10.8
* d/control: remove RRR:no key redundant due to new defaults
* d/watch: convert to version 5 using template
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