[PATCH] [shared] When checking permissions on /etc/group and /etc/passwd allow also stronger permissions than just exactly 0644

Jan Lieskovsky jlieskov at redhat.com
Thu Apr 3 12:26:16 UTC 2014


[shared] When checking permissions on /etc/group and /etc/passwd files,
don't require exactly 0644 mode, but allow also systems having
stronger file permissions on these files to meet the tests (IOW make
0644 mode the minimal safe requirement).

Please review.

Thank you && Regards, Jan
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Jan iankko Lieskovsky / Red Hat Security Technologies Team
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