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authorpjd <pjd@FreeBSD.org>2005-09-16 11:24:28 +0000
committerpjd <pjd@FreeBSD.org>2005-09-16 11:24:28 +0000
commitc71407b5890e69c4a1adc0e0936f0d7e9cd24be4 (patch)
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parentd2f7ab28daf6bc7f93eb290728f89c7d713ca0ce (diff)
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Pidfiles should be created with permission preventing users from opening
them for reading. When user can open file for reading, he can also flock(2) it, which can lead to confusions. Pointed out by: green
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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libutil/pidfile.3 b/lib/libutil/pidfile.3
index 4ae7067..81ccab1 100644
--- a/lib/libutil/pidfile.3
+++ b/lib/libutil/pidfile.3
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ The following example shows in which order those functions should be used.
struct pidfh *pfh;
pid_t otherpid, childpid;
-pfh = pidfile_open("/var/run/daemon.pid", 0644, &otherpid);
+pfh = pidfile_open("/var/run/daemon.pid", 0600, &otherpid);
if (pfh == NULL) {
if (errno == EEXIST)
errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "Daemon already running, pid: %d.", otherpid);
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