On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 02:48:35PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: > The package would like the configuration file to be readable by a > program that is running as user news without being world readable since > it may contain passwords in plain text. The group news could probably > go, though.
Why do it that way around instead of ownership root.news, mode 0640? That way a program running as group news would be able to read it, but modifications would remain restricted to root. -- With the arrest of Dimitry Sklyarov it has become apparent that it is not safe for non US software engineers to visit the United States. - Alan Cox "To prevent unauthorized reading..." - Adobe eBook reader license