Use more permissive umask for .service units (LP: #2072486) #516
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…#2072487) Writing world-inaccessible config files doesn't help when the data can still be accessed by any local user through the systemd APIs, e.g.: "systemctl show UNIT_NAME.service" Using 640 permission on such .service unit files provides a false illusion of security and leads to systemd warnings in the journal, like this: "systemd[1]: Configuration file /run/systemd/system/netplan-ovs-cleanup.service is marked world-inaccessible. This has no effect as configuration data is accessible via APIs without restrictions. Proceeding anyway."
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networkd:openvswitch:sriov: Permissive umask for .service units (LP#2072486)
Writing world-inaccessible config files doesn't help when the data can still be accessed by any local user through the systemd APIs, e.g.:
systemctl show UNIT_NAME.serviceUsing
640permission on such .service unit files provides a false illusion of security and leads to systemd warnings in the journal, like this:systemd[1]: Configuration file /run/systemd/system/netplan-ovs-cleanup.service is marked world-inaccessible. This has no effect as configuration data is accessible via APIs without restrictions. Proceeding anyway.Also:
FR-8238
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make checksuccessfully.make check-coverage).