Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: hacknews Subject: passwd(1) bug fixed Message-ID: <3100@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Mon, 18-Jul-83 16:55:14 EDT Article-I.D.: utzoo.3100 Posted: Mon Jul 18 16:55:14 1983 Date-Received: Mon, 18-Jul-83 16:55:14 EDT Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 10 Fixed a serious bug in passwd(1), which caused a major foulup a week ago when somebody hit on it: it didn't standardize the umask before creating its new copy of /etc/passwd. The result, with a restrictive umask, was an unreadable /etc/passwd and considerable confusion on the part of a lot of programs. Many thanks to Laura for spotting this promptly and helping to fix it. -- Henry Spencer U of Toronto {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry