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From: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] Apply umask to /proc/<pid>
To: Rene Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 02:23:32 +0100
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Rene Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx> wrote:

> patch below makes procfs apply the umask of the processes to their
> respective /proc/<pid> directories and the files below them.  That
> allows users to gain a bit of privacy by setting a restrictive umask in
> their profiles.

A [ur]limit-like value is fine, but allowing others to read the files you
put into a public directory should not imply giving up your privacy.

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