On 04/19/2014 12:42 PM, Rowland Penny wrote:
On 19/04/14 17:18, Dmitri Pal wrote:
> On 04/18/2014 10:39 AM, Jakub Hrozek wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 02:09:33PM +0200, Pavel Reichl wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> we recently received following bugzilla:
>>>
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1089098
>>>
>>> Reporter is quite unhappy that setting access mode on sssd.conf to
>>> 0400
>>> will result in SSSD's failure to start and error message requesting to
>>> set access mode to 0600.
>>>
>>> Does it matter what access mode is set for user if it is required that
>>> user must be ROOT?
>>>
>>> I didn't find out the original reason for requiring write
>>> permission for
>>> user so it possible that it is needless. But I'm afraid that simple
>>> changing the required access mode from 0600 to 0400 would cause
>>> failure
>>> to start SSSD for users who upgrade SSSD to newer version.
>>>
>>> Maybe we can allow both modes (0400 and 0600) but is it worth doing?
>>>
>>> Thank you for your opinions.
>> I'll state the opinion I expressed in the bugzilla again -- we could
>> reverse the check and instead ensure that group and others have no
>> permission bits set, but I don't think it's worth doing, honestly.
>>
>> Especially considering the tone the reporter chose in the bugzilla
>> report.
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> Let us focus on the core of the problem not on how it was conveyed.
> I think the reporter is right. I should not matter whether the file
> is writable by owner.
> The tone of the bug is a different problem and while I agree that the
> issue was expressed not in the best words it is still an issue.
>
>
>
Can I offer my opinion here?
As long as the owner is root:root even if the permissions are 0400,
root can still write to the file, so does it really matter if the
permissions are 0600 or 0400 ? nobody else can read the file (or write
to it) whatever the owners permissions are.
As for the tone of that bug report, well I think he needs a lesson in
manners.
I agree with the above so I think
1) We should ignore the difference between 0600 and 0400 and start in
both cases
2) Is teaching lessons what we are best at? ;-) Is it what we really
should do? I would just give a sight and move on. Life is the best
teacher...
Rowland
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Thank you,
Dmitri Pal
Sr. Engineering Manager IdM portfolio
Red Hat, Inc.