Re: wu-ftpd 2.4.2-beta-13 default UMASK hole

George Staikos (staikos@0WNED.ORG)
Wed, 11 Jun 1997 17:13:32 -0400

On Wed, 11 Jun 1997, Roy M. Hooper wrote:

> The default umask for wu-ftpd 2.4.2-beta-13 is 002.
> Since most users on most sites are in the same group, all files created by
> users PUTting files would be group writeable by anyone. Not a good thing.

I contacted academ software regarding this issue on or about March 13
this year. The problem was present in beta-12 and beta-13 (perhaps
earlier releases too). There should hopefully be a patch in beta-14.
I have pasted the request number below...

-----8<------
[ACADEM-SW-SUPPORT #257] UMASK in wu-ftpd-2.4.2-beta-12
has been received and assigned a request number of 257.
-----8<-----

George