Bug 3996

Summary:	rpm --rebuilddb creates files with current umask
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	v.kuhlmann
Component:	rpm	Assignee:	Jeff Johnson <jbj>
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Version:	6.0
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Description v.kuhlmann 1999-07-12 06:40:01 UTC

I just installed the updated rpm-3.0.2-6.0, and did a
--rebuilddb (although strictly not necessary). It turns out
that the files under /var/lib/rpm are recreated with the
current umask of root, i.e. 600. (I anyway run root with
umask 077)

This should not be the case. THese files should always get
644.

Comment 1 Jay Turner 1999-07-12 14:56:59 UTC

Indeed the files in /var/lib/rpm get written with root's umask, so in
the case of a 077 umask, all of the files are getting written RW for
root only.  Not sure whether this is a problem or not, but have
forwarded it to a developer for further action.

Comment 2 Jeff Johnson 1999-08-16 19:09:59 UTC

Unset umask before rebuilding the database. There's no way that
rpm can identify that /var/lib/rpm/* should be mode 0644 or mode 0600.