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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: hacknews
Subject: passwd(1) bug fixed 
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Date: Mon, 18-Jul-83 16:55:14 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 18 16:55:14 1983
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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.
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				Henry Spencer
				U of Toronto
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